He said both planning applications would deliver funds for a feasibility study into a village-wide flood defence scheme where SLP would provide the land and construct part of a flood relief channel and also help two of the most frequently flooded properties in the village.

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In order to stop flood waters overwhelming central London and to save the massive expense of building fresh flood walls and defences, some land could be set aside to act as a safety valve, catching flood waters and storing them until the danger has passed.

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There is now a real concern that the flood has caused serious pollution to land, animals and crops near Aberystwyth.

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Locals said the land, which is bordered by two brooks, absorbs some flood water but the farm will compact the ground making it more prone to water damage.

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"It would either make them think twice about building on flood plain land or it would make them change the design basis upon which they're built, " he told BBC Radio 4's Money Box.

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Water is continuing to flood towns and land in northern Colombia where a levee along the Dique Canal that connects Cartagena Bay with the Magdalena River ruptured at the end of November.

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In between the two main fences is 150 feet of "no man's land, " an area that the Border Patrol sweeps with flood lights and trucks, and soon, surveillance cameras.

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Flood opened the scoring with a second-minute penalty but Carter, who was to land six kicks out of eight, replied in similar fashion to notch his first points for the Catalans.

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But Mr Mustow admitted that much more needed to be done to ensure that farmers did not increase flood risk with land drainage schemes and that developers and builders ensured that new developments allowed water to drain into the soil rather than flushing into the sewers.

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