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Half my borough is under water right now. The river Calder has burst its banks-so most of the towns along the river's path through the Calder valley are flooded. Sowerby, Hebden, Mytholmroyd,Todmorden-all the town centres are flooded and some are being evacuated. There's flooding across much of the North of England today a 200 year old pub in Manchester collapsed earlier - it was built over a bridge and the river Irwell took out the centre of the building.
I am fortunate in that I am at the top of a hill, and also about as far from the River Calder as it's possible to be whilst still being classed as part of Calderdale. That said, my bathroom has sprung a few more leaks. I have a basin on the window sill catching the stream coming through the top of the casement window and now there's a drip coming through the ceiling.
Rain, rain and more rain.
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