One year on: The figures
11:40am Saturday 19th July 2008
- 400 households displaced from their homes with 129 still not returned and 16 still living in caravans
- 65 people airlifted from Sedgeberrow
- 93 of Wychavon’s 96 parishes affected
- 70km (43 miles) of water course since checked for blockages
- 197 letters sent asking land owners to clear ditches with 14 referred to the legal department for formal action
- £274,900 received in hardship grantsv
- £97,000 given to parishes
- £80,000 given to sports clubs
- £30,000+ funding for flooding prevention
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