The flood had cut his telephone line.

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Vesty and Toby Flood combined to send Hipkiss over the line, Crane crossed from close range for the bonus-point try after just 31 minutes and Murphy strolled through some weak tackling for a fifth before half-time.

BBC: Leicester 73-3 Bristol

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But Chris Latham's splendid 80m run was halted just short of the try-line as Worcester attempted to go for the jugular and Flood joined Collins in the sin-bin for killing the ball.

BBC: Worcester 17-19 Leicester

Fast-flowing flood water at Copplestone led to the temporary suspension of trains on the Tarka Line, with buses replacing trains between Crediton and Barnstaple.

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Although WD has restarted their head slider line in Thailand and is ramping up slider production in Malaysia that should come on line in the June quarter, the company does not expect to reach pre-flood production levels until September 2012.

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Leicester were ahead within three minutes, Quins winning a line-out on halfway only for Care's pass to be neatly intercepted by Flood, who raced away to score.

BBC: Leicester 40-22 Harlequins

England had missed a long-range penalty through Flood after Wallaby loose-head Ben Daley once again crumpled under pressure and when the visitors lost a line-out David Pocock hammered into midfield.

BBC: Australia 27-17 England

We've already seen 220 miles worth of levees and flood walls repaired, and we are working to strengthen the wetlands and barrier islands that are the first line of defense for the Gulf Coast. (Applause.) This isn't just critical to this region's physical protection, it's critical to our environment, it's critical to our economy.

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