South Africa: Worst Floods in Years Swamp UK Towns

Europe — Large parts of southern and central Britain remained in the grip of severe flooding yesterday, with the university town of Oxford the latest to be hit by the rising water of the Thames, in the country's worst floods in 60 years.

Authorities said about 250 people left their homes in Oxford voluntarily overnight as the Thames burst its banks following large volumes of water flowing into it from tributaries.

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