Most incidents related to flood water running off fields but water on the A34 at Meaford was their "main concern".

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Biddulph Town Council said it had installed extra drains and also boards to stop water running off Biddulph Grange gardens next door and into the cemetery.

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But you keep running ... until the water lifts you off your feet and sweeps you onwards.

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Streams running off the southeastern slopes of the Andes soon turn into boisterous rivers with plenty of class III and IV white water rapids.

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