 "Herald Express (Torquay UK)")
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Bitter taste afterlemon floods ; The River Lemon, that flows through Newton Abbot, sounds harmless but on the night of December 27, 1979 it became a raging torrent.
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The River Lemon, that flows through Newton Abbot, sounds harmless
but on the night of December 27, 1979 it became a raging torrent.
Heavy rain across Devon falling on already saturated ground sent
a wave of water down the river and as it was culverted through the
town it burst its banks.
By mid-afternoon some properties were flooded to four feet deep
and millions of pounds of damage caused. Worst hit were people
living in The Avenue, Osborne Street, Salisbury Road and Clarendon
T...
