By Paul Homewood
There are a number of reports floating around that Storm Desmond has brought a 24-hour rainfall record, for instance;
The Government is expected to confirm a UK record in rainfall over 24 hours following the storm that submerged parts north of the country in floods this weekend.
Following an emergency Government meeting, Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss said that figures from a rain gauge in Honister, Cumbria, suggest a record amount of rain fell in the 24 hours between Friday and Saturday evenings. It measured 341mm, which is more than a month’s worth of rainfall in just one day and more than the UK has ever experienced in such a short amount of time.
This is a very short post, as I am working on a more detailed summary of the Cumbrian floods, and will be out for most of the day.
But there is one issue…
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