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Torrential rain causes floods in Northern Ireland
Torrential rain causes floods in Northern Ireland
Last Modified: 17 Aug 2008
By:
Carl Dinnen
Roads impassable, hundreds of homes flooded and thousands of people without enough water after damage to a treatment works.
Torrential downpours have caused widespread flooding in Northern Ireland after three-quarters of August's rain fell yesterday.
A clean-up operation was under way today, with fire crews having worked all night to deal with the chaos.
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