Evacuation

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for more floods </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 WIDTH="23"><div>  </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 267 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="095140f0.gif" border=0 width="20" height="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>In this story:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://europe.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/11/03/weather.england/index.html#1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://europe.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/"><U><U>Extreme weather across Europe</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://europe.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/11/03/weather.england/index.html#2" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://europe.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/"><U><U>Carbon dioxide overload</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://europe.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/11/03/weather.england/index.html#r" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://europe.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/"><U><B><U>RELATED 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Saturday, he said. </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="184" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 280 ><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="176" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#FF6600 HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="23"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="23" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#666666 WIDTH="146"><div> <B> GALLERY</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR=#DDDDDD HEIGHT= 93 ><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="172" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 64 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VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#666666><NOBR><div> <B> MESSAGE BOARD</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR=#DDDDDD HEIGHT= 44 ><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="172" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="168"><div> <A HREF="http://community.cnn.com/cgi-bin/WebX?13@@.ee879e4" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://community.cnn.com/cgi-bin/WebX?13"><U><U>Nature's wrath</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="170"><div>  </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> It comes as the country braces itself for more chaos as further downpours are forecast for the weekend offering no respite for those affected by the worst flooding for more than 50 years. </div> <div> More than 140 flood warnings are in force in England and Wales. </div> <div> Prime Minister Tony Blair has already declared the country's flood emergency as the most severe since 1947 and pledged more money to combat weather problems after visiting some of the worst hit areas on Thursday. </div> <div> The Meteorological Office added: "There is no light at the end of tunnel. We are expecting rain to continue for at least the next few days." </div> <div> The poor weather is also expected to stretch across Europe and Scandinavia. </div> <div> CNN Weather Anchor Guillermo Arduino said: "The floods and high water levels in rivers will take days to go down. </div> <div> "The main problem now is that the ground is saturated with water so any amount of rain -- even a small fall -- will complicate the situation even more. </div> <div> <B> <A NAME="1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Extreme weather across Europe</B></div> <div> Snow was forecast in the French Alps on Friday and rain and thunder was due to hit the country, especially on the Atlantic and Channel coastlines. </div> <div> Rain has constantly fallen in Italy during Thursday and Friday, allowing no let-up for areas severely flooded last month. </div> <div> Flood warnings were in place for the districts Liguria in northern Tuscany, Lombardia, Tentino Alto Adige and Friuli Venezia Giulia. </div> <div> Blair visited some of the UK's worst affected towns on Thursday, including Bewdley and Shrewsbury in central England and York, in Northern England. </div> <div> He flew over some of the stricken areas before meeting residents to hear their complaints about poor flood defences. </div> <div> "Thousands of people up and down the country have been amazingly stoical in these circumstances," Blair said during a stop at an emergency control centre in Shrewsbury. </div> <div> "In the longer term, we have to try and work to deal with these problems on not just a national level, but on an international level." </div> <div> He added: "We will help financially but there is a limit to what we can do financially." </div> <div> <B> <A NAME="2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Carbon dioxide overload</B></div> <div> Although Europe can expect more flooding it may benefit in the long-term from reduced energy needs as global warming takes hold of the climate, according to a major scientific report published in the UK. </div> <div> Experts from England's University of East Anglia carried out the first comprehensive climate impact assessment for the European Union, drawing new conclusions about the effects of an overload of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from traffic fumes and industry. </div> <div> Pollution from warming gases will have different impacts all over Europe and the report warns that environmental policies must be adaptable to meet the challenge. </div> <div> The launch at a London news conference on Wednesday comes ahead of an international climate change conference at the Hague (COP 6) in two weeks. </div> <div> World leaders meeting the Netherlands will attempt to reach deals on carbon trading, to offset the worst effects of greenhouse gases on the planet. </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> The <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000099" 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