2024 United Kingdom Floods
In 2024, the United Kingdom experienced flooding. In early January, Storm Henk resulted in severe weather warnings and floods across the English Midlands. In April, flooding was widespread across England particularly on the south coast of England, south coast and the North East England, North East in the aftermath of Storm Kathleen (2024), Storm Kathleen and Storm Pierrick. January Storm Henk brought damaging winds and persistent rain to parts of England and Wales on 2 January, prompting severe weather warnings to be issued across the country. This led to more than 300 flood warnings being issued by the Environment Agency, with extensive flooding affecting the River Trent, River Severn, Severn, River Avon, Warwickshire, Avon and Thames. Further bands of heavy rain over the following days worsened the situation, and a major incident was declared in Nottinghamshire on 4 January. The worst of the flooding occurred across parts of the Midlands including Leicestershire, Lincolnshir ...
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ...
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