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More than a thousand homes flooded in Morpeth

Last Modified: 07 Sep 2008
By: Nick Martin

Hundreds are forced into temporary accommodation after their homes flooded in the Northumberland town of Morpeth.

Hundreds of people are living in temporary accommodation after more than a thousand homes were flooded in the Northumberland town of Morpeth.

After a weekend of torrential rain - fears of flooding across England and Wales are easing - but the Environment Agency is keeping a "watchful eye" as forcasters predict more heavy rain.

Five people have died because of the wet weather. The latest is a 27-year-old man who died after a trench collapsed at a building site in Stroud.