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Successive frontal systems and slow-moving convective rain produced the wettest May to July on record across England and Wales. Sheffield, Hull, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire were worst hit, with around 55,000 homes and businesses flooded. Thirteen people died and the total economic cost exceeded three billion pounds. The Pitt Review reshaped UK flood policy in response.
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