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"en.20161212.18.1-244-000"2
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"Madam President, just over a year ago, on 5 December 2016, storm Desmond broke the UK’s rainfall record, with more than 350 millimetres of rain falling on the county of Cumbria in a 24-hour period in my northwest of England constituency. A subtropical atmospheric river unleashed devastation on large parts of northern England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, the like of which had not been seen before. While some constituents had, sadly, experienced flooding several times in recent years, Desmond was unprecedented and, to make matters worse, was followed by storm Eva on Christmas Eve and storm Frank on 29 December. I pressed David Cameron relentlessly regarding an application for EU solidarity funds, and I am disappointed that the government’s progress on completing the paperwork has been so slow. In the immediate aftermath of the storm, volunteer groups such as aid organisations Ahmadiyya Youth and Al-Imdaad and Khalsa Aid joined the emergency services in the clean-up. But the greatest credit must go to Eden Flood Volunteers who over the past year have clocked up a total of 97 943 hours, worth more than GBP 783 542, supporting 20 000 flood affected families and businesses across nine counties, distributing an estimated 1.8 million worth of donated goods. Well done, you."@en1
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