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Map: Flooding in England and Wales | Serious flooding caused by torrential rain on Monday is continuing to cause havoc in many places in England.
WEDNESDAY 27 JUNE Doncaster:
Emergency services search for man missing in a dyke in the nearby village of Adwick le Street
Dozens of people evacuated from the village of Tollbar Sheffield:
Some 16,000 homes remain without power Worcestershire:
25 people evacuated from the village of Powick Newark:
Roads closed after the River Trent bursts its banks Lincolnshire:
Residents of Bransby evacuated to Lincoln College, joining 20 people who spent the night there TUESDAY 26 JUNE Worcestershire:
Motorist swept to his death by rising floodwaters in Pershore Sheffield:
900 people evacuated to emergency shelters
Officials estimate "significant damage" to the city
Severe disruption to road and rail transportUlley reservoir, nr. Rotherham:
Amid fears that a dam may burst, about 700 people are evacuated from the villages of Whiston, Canklow, and Catcliffe and Treeton Nearby M1 motorway closed between junctions 32 and 36 Lincolnshire:
Nine-year old boy rescued from swollen river 60 houses evacuated in Louth
Block of 120 flats evacuated in Lincoln Ludlow, Shropshire:
Bridge collapses, severing a gas main. Gloucester:
5 schools closed due to flooding MONDAY 25 JUNE East Yorkshire:
Man dies after being trapped in a drain
Fire crews receive 1,500 emergency calls in a 12-hour period Sheffield:
Teenage boy and a 68-year-old man swept to their deaths by floodwater 900 people evacuated to emergency shelters Leeds:
70 houses in Halton area evacuated
5 schools closed Lowdham, Notts:
100 people evacuatedGloucester:
88 people rescued by fire crews, all uninjured
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