More than 301 mm of rain fell in Cumbria in the last 24 hours and such intense flooding occurs only once in about 1000 years, the UK Environment Agency said.

据英国国家环境局数据显示，坎布里亚郡24小时内降雨量已超过301毫米，洪灾严重程度属千年一遇。

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More than a low-carbon vehicle strategy, if the UK is to improve its own energy security and environment, and tackle climate change, we need a low-car vehicle strategy.

如果英国真的想改善其能源安全和环境，解决气候变化问题，那比起低排放交通策略，我们更需要一个低汽车交通策略。

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The MoD launched Project Cleansweep in 2007 to provide "reassurance" that residual contamination at UK sites did not pose a risk to human health or the environment.

英国国防部于2007年实施了清扫项目，以使公众确信这些地区的残留污染不会对公民健康和环境造成威胁。

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Mr Coveney has been in regular contact with the UK Environment Minister Owen Paterson.

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The waste is being held in the island while the UK Environment Agency considers whether to allow it into the country.

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Meanwhile, UK Environment Secretary Owen Paterson met with representatives of food businesses to talk about the response to the horse meat scandal.

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