LONDON — Britain issued severe flood warnings Monday, advising of life-threatening danger after Storm Dennis dumped weeks’ worth of rain in some places. ADVERTISEMENTBy Monday evening, Britain’s Environment Agency issued seven severe flood warnings in the central English counties of Herefordshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire . Another 200 lower-level flood warnings were also in place, meaning that flooding was expected. Some 480 flood warnings and alerts were issued across England on Monday, the highest number on record, the agency said. In the northern England city of York, authorities were piling up more than 4,000 sandbags as the Rover Ouse continued to rise.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 17, 2020 21:00 UTC