Engulfed by the Deadly Deluge ; Three Die As Record Downpours Wreak 400m of Destruction

Daily MailJune 27, 2007

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TORRENTIAL rain and galeforce winds left three people dead and a trail of devastation across the country last night.

In Hull, Mike Barnett, 28, died after his foot became stuck in the grate of a blocked drain and floodwaters rose around him.

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Engulfed by the Deadly Deluge ; Three Die As Record Downpours Wreak 400m of Destruction

Rescuers fought a desperate fourhour battle to save him, keeping his head above the water and giving him oxygen as he slipped in and out of consciousness.

But he died of hypothermia with divers still trying to free his foot.

There were another two deaths in Sheffield, where a body was rec...

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