Water Levels stories:
Brown visits British flood victims
Nov 21st, 2009 - ABC News
The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has visited flood-hit Cumbria in north-west England to see the damage caused by record rainfall. Heavy rain during the past few days has left hundreds of people sheltering in rescue centres and hotels.
Brown visits flood-hit Cumbria
Nov 21st, 2009 - Reuters
COCKERMOUTH, England (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited flood-hit Cumbria in north west England Saturday to see the damage caused by record rainfall and pay tribute to a policeman who died when a bridge collapsed.Cumbria floods: Your stories
Nov 20th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
BBC News website readers have been writing to us to describe the floods that have engulfed their town.
In Cockermouth, where water levels reached 2.5m (8ft 2in), more than 200 people were rescued by emergency services - 50 by RAF helicopters...Chaos as a month's rain falls in 24 hours
Nov 19th, 2009 - The Independent
Homes were evacuated, schools closed and outlying villages cut off as rivers burst their banks yesterday, after more than a month's worth of rain fell in 24 hours in the north-west and parts of Scotland.
In Seathwaite...Venezuela to conserve energy with daytime football
Oct 29th, 2009 - SI
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Prompted by President Hugo Chavez's call to conserve energy, the Venezuelan Premier Division will switch to daytime games. The Venezuelan Football Federation said on Wednesday its teams will begin playing matches at 3 p.m...



