Flash floods hit the Lockyer valley area west of Brisbane on 10 January, before flood waters moved to Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city.

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There was also flooding around Kettering in Northamptonshire, and more than 20 people had to leave their homes after the village of Barley in Hertfordshire was hit by flash floods.

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June's flash floods there made 80, 000 people homeless and hit some farmers, especially vegetable-growers.

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