London, IRNA
- More storms accompanied by gale-force winds were expected to
hit parts of the UK Thursday, while the Meteorological Office
warned that winter downpours could persist until February.
Heavy rain
on Wednesday brought 41 fresh flood warnings for 25 rivers across
the UK. The new storms were predicted to last throughout the weekend,
with conditions mirroring the severe flooding in October, when
there were also tornadoes. "This weekend's storm will be
on a similar scale to the last one on October 30," the Meteorological
Office warned. Some parts of Britain, it said would get 2.5 inches
(6 cms) of rain causing problems for rivers already on alert.
The weather
warning comes as the Environment Agency launched a new website
to allow people to find out how vulnerable they are to flooding.
The launch followed a survey by the British Market Research Bureau
that discovered more than 50 per cent of people, who live in flood
risk areas, were still not aware of the danger to their property.
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