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Storms bring flooding, landslips and disruption to rail services

SEVERE weather, including high winds and torrential rain, brought widespread disruption to the UK’s railways over two weekends in February.

High winds on successive weekends from storms Ciara and Dennis forced Network Rail and train operators to introduce speed restrictions and emergency

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