View of the flooding of the Somerset Levels near Othery.

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During the few days between the 20th and 23rd of November 2012, the southwest of England was hit by heavy rain, falling on saturated ground from the very wet spring and summer. The result was severe flooding, not seen for a long time. The Somerset Levels have a number of flood defences, designed to flood the low lying moors to protect the surrounding roads and houses, but, the defences were stretched beyond the limit and extesive flooding remained two weeks later.

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Size: 5759px × 3840px
Location: Burrow Mump, Othery, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Richard Winn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: burrow, england, evening, flooding, floods, levels, moor, mump, road, somerset, southlake, sunny, sunset, uk, winter