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Photographs taken at Bentley of the devastating 2007 floods. More photos of the floods are available.

Flooding occurred in many parts of the United Kingdom in June 2007. There were several different flood events that month, with the most severe flooding across Northern Ireland on June 12, 2007, North Yorkshire and The Midlands on June 15, 2007 and across Yorkshire, The Midlands, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire on June 25, 2007.

The BBC reported that 2 weeks after the floods, 1000 people were homeless in Doncaster, 1000 were homeless in Sheffield, and 17,000 were homeless in Hull. Yet up till that time, Hull had received the least media coverage.

The month of June was one of the wettest on record in Britain with average rainfall across England of 140 mm, more than double the June average, and Sheffield's wettest ever.[1] and some areas received a month's worth of precipitation in just 24 hours.

At least six people have died in the flooding; damage to business and property is estimated to be over £1.5 billion, with 5,000 businesses and 27,000 homes affected by flood damage. The Fire Brigades Union described the rescue effort as the biggest in peacetime Britain.

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