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Flooding crisis in Great Britain

Updated 11:47 AM EST, Mon February 10, 2014
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A car dealership's display model sits on a ramp above floodwaters in Datchet, England, on Monday, February 10. Britain has been hit by bad weather since early December, and swaths of southwestern England have been flooded in continuously stormy weather.
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A car dealership's display model sits on a ramp above floodwaters in Datchet, England, on Monday, February 10. Britain has been hit by bad weather since early December, and swaths of southwestern England have been flooded in continuously stormy weather.
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Electricity workers unload sandbags February 10 to protect a substation in Datchet.
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Electricity workers unload sandbags February 10 to protect a substation in Datchet.
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A resident in Wraysbury, England, walks through floodwaters on February 10. England just suffered its wettest January since 1766.
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A resident in Wraysbury, England, walks through floodwaters on February 10. England just suffered its wettest January since 1766.
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Beatrix Thurner and her family's dog, Ruby, leaves their flooded house in Datchet on February 10.
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Beatrix Thurner and her family's dog, Ruby, leaves their flooded house in Datchet on February 10.
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A Datchet resident builds a flood wall with sandbags on February 10.
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A Datchet resident builds a flood wall with sandbags on February 10.
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Floodwaters cover train tracks in Datchet on February 10.
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Floodwaters cover train tracks in Datchet on February 10.
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Datchet residents carry sandbags on February 10.
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Datchet residents carry sandbags on February 10.
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Police tow a Moorland, England, resident back to his flooded home to retrieve possessions on Sunday, February 9.
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Police tow a Moorland, England, resident back to his flooded home to retrieve possessions on Sunday, February 9.
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A man wades through floodwaters in Moorland on February 9.
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A man wades through floodwaters in Moorland on February 9.
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Floodwater is pumped into the River Parrett near Fordgate, England, on February 9.
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Floodwater is pumped into the River Parrett near Fordgate, England, on February 9.
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A tattered Union Jack flaps around a lamppost in Moorlands on February 9.
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A tattered Union Jack flaps around a lamppost in Moorlands on February 9.
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A rescue worker pets one of 16 basset hounds that were saved in Burrowbridge, England, on February 9.
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A rescue worker pets one of 16 basset hounds that were saved in Burrowbridge, England, on February 9.
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Volunteers sort out food donations in Burrowbridge, England, on February 9.
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Volunteers sort out food donations in Burrowbridge, England, on February 9.
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Moorland resident Hayley Matthews reacts as she talks about the flooding Friday, February 7.
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Moorland resident Hayley Matthews reacts as she talks about the flooding Friday, February 7.
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Royal Marines wade past flooded properties in Bridgwater, England, on February 7.
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Royal Marines wade past flooded properties in Bridgwater, England, on February 7.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron, second left, visits Goodings Farm in Fordgate on February 7.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron, second left, visits Goodings Farm in Fordgate on February 7.
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Royal Marines build a sandbag wall around a property near Bridgwater on February 7.
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Royal Marines build a sandbag wall around a property near Bridgwater on February 7.
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Prince Charles walks through floodwater near Muchelney, England, on Tuesday, February 4.
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Prince Charles walks through floodwater near Muchelney, England, on Tuesday, February 4.
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A man walks beside the River Tone near Burrowbridge, England, on Wednesday, January 29.
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A man walks beside the River Tone near Burrowbridge, England, on Wednesday, January 29.
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