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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Hana Kelly

The trail of destruction left in Didsbury by the flood - and the fear that the system can't cope with another

Three weeks on from Storm Franklin and the landscape is still scarred.

The storm saw the River Mersey's levels rise to an all time high, putting hundreds of homes in south Manchester at risk.

But the opening of Didsbury's floodgates diverted the water over the green spaces which make up part of Didsbury Flood Storage Reservoir, like Fletcher Moss Park, saving people's properties from being deluged.

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