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Old September 30th 04, 11:49 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default August 1912!? and a question

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:40:36 +0100, "Gavin Staples"
wrote:


On the 25th, conditions worsened markedly over East Anglia especially
Norfolk, when a low pressure moved northwards off the East Anglian
coastline. This brought prolonged torrential rain to Norfolk with Norwich
recording 185mm in one day alone. As a consequence, there was terrible
flooding across Norfolk and the Fens of East Anglia cutting off towns
including Norwich, leaving 2000 homeless and the loss of 4 lives.
For farmers, the summer of 1912 was a disaster, harvest losses were


Here's an article from The Times from 26 August 1912

http://www.qsl.net/gm7vxr/26aug1912news.htm


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Paul