YESTERDAY marked ten years since devastating floods swept across Barnsley in scenes Barnsley Council said it hoped would ‘never be repeated’.
June 2007 was the wettest since 1882 and led to two major flooding incidents - Friday Friday June 15 when about 300 homes flooded and then again ten days later when many of the same homes were flooded again, as well as an additional 340 homes.
Areas affected in areas included Darton, Burton Grange, Wombwell, Low Valley, Darfield Bridge, Barugh, Lundwood, Thurnscoe and Grimethorpe.
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