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Britain issues ‘danger to life’ warning as Storm Dennis hits with hurricane-force winds

  • The storm hit with 150km/h winds and floods in Wales, prompting a rare red warning for rainfall
  • Two bodies have been pulled from the sea and hundreds of flights have been cancelled

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Members of the emergency services evacuate residents from flooded houses after the River Taff burst its banks in Nantgarw, south of Ponypridd in south Wales, after Storm Dennis caused flooding across large swathes of Britain. Photo: AFP
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Storm Dennis swept across Britain on Sunday with the army drafted in to help deal with heavy flooding and high winds, and officials warning it could be “life-threatening” in South Wales.

The government weather agency issued a rare red warning for the area, saying there was a risk of “significant impacts from flooding” that included a “danger to life from fast flowing water, extensive flooding to property and road closures”. This is the first such red warning in almost two years.

More than 350 flood warnings were in place early on Sunday, extending from Scotland’s River Tweed to Cornwall in southwest England, as downpours fell onto ground left waterlogged by an earlier Atlantic cyclone.

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Powerful waves break on the shoreline around the small port of Porthleven, south west England, as Storm Dennis hits Britain. Photo: AP
Powerful waves break on the shoreline around the small port of Porthleven, south west England, as Storm Dennis hits Britain. Photo: AP

Winds of over 90 miles (150km) per hour were recorded in Aberdaron, south Wales.

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The Ministry of Defence had earlier deployed troops in West Yorkshire, northern England, which suffered badly from flooding caused by last weekend’s Storm Ciara, which claimed two lives.
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