Flooding in UK in 2007.
The summer floods of 2007 caused widespread damage to homes and businesses across large parts of England. The River Severn burst its banks over a wide area on the night of Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 July 2007.
Heavy rain in June saw severe flooding in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the Midlands.
About 7,000 homes in Hull and more than 1,200 in Sheffield were affected.
Seven people died when the River Severn burst its banks in Gloucestershire, and more than 350,000 people were left without running water after a treatment works was submerged.
It was Britain's wettest May–July since records began (in 1776).
The combination of high rainfall and high water levels from the earlier rainfall led to extensive flooding across many parts of England and Wales, with the Midlands, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, South, West and East Yorkshire the most affected. Gales along the east coast also caused storm damage.
Gloucestershire was the worst affected area by the Severn floods, over 1800 rescue calls were answered within an 18 hour period. 3 million bottles of water needed to be distributed by the army each day to residents in the area.
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