One year on: The figures

11:40am Saturday 19th July 2008

• 1,600 homes flooded

• 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

• 25 public meetings

• £274,900 received in hardship grantsv
• £97,000 given to parishes

• £80,000 given to sports clubs

• £30,000+ funding for flooding prevention

• In pictures - June 2007 floods
• In pictures - July 2007 floods

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