LONDON (AP) – Residents of riverside towns in England that were swamped by rains that washed over Europe this week bailed out on Friday as flooding disrupted train service and officials warned that waters could rise in the days ahead.
A powerful storm that brought damaging winds inundated more than 1,000 homes and businesses and left several communities under muddy brown water, officials said. Buildings and cars were submerged as streets turned to streams, farmland was flooded and boats were torn from their moorings.
A landslide and floodwaters disrupted train travel on several lines operating out of London and on routes in southwest England that stretch into Wales.
