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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maryam Zakir-Hussain

Sewage alerts across UK mapped after Storm Antoni unleashed month’s rain in less than 24 hours

Surfers Against Sewage

After an “unseasonably” wet start to August, Britons are looking forward to a spell of hot weather as the sunshine re-emerges but sea swimmers have been warned the danger posed by sewage outflows remains.

A month’s worth of rain fell in less than a day on Saturday after Storm Antoni resulted in downpours across the UK. Large swathes of the country were issued with yellow and amber weather warnings and torrential rain flooded parts of Whitby, North Yorkshire.

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