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Residents ‘suffering’ as homes evacuated in major incident in Nottinghamshire

Source: PA Wire

Residents have been evacuated from homes after flooding in Nottinghamshire led to a major incident being declared.

The River Trent has risen to near-record levels following Storm Henk on Thursday, with more wet weather expected.

Some residents in Radcliffe-on-Trent have had to be evacuated from their homes near the river’s edge, with Nottinghamshire County Council telling homeowners near the waterway to expect flooding.

Councillor Roger Upton, a Nottinghamshire County and Rushcliffe Borough councillor for Radcliffe-on-Trent, said he had never

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