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Army personnel, lifeboats and a military helicopter have been deployed to rescue people trapped by floods that have deluged parts of United Kingdom in the wake of Storm Desmond. Thousands of homes and business were affected by the heavy rain and strong wind that battered Britain over the weekend. Police said, one death was reported in London after a man was blown into the path of a bus.
Hardest hit were Cumbria and other parts of northwest England, where towns and villages were flooded with water. Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to chair a meeting of the government’s emergency COBRA committee today to coordinate a response to the crisis. Desmond is the fourth named storm to hit Britain in recent months.