UK News 31-10-2000 Britain Hit By Second Day of Storms who: 12 year-old Rikkilee Rigg what: Saves his little brother and dog from rising tides where: MILLOM when: Yesterday snippet: "The worst storms in a decade battered the south of England from Cornwall to Kent on Monday," reports The Financial Times, "leaving at least three people dead and causing millions of pounds worth of damage." "A second tornado hit the south while blizzards blitzed the north. On land, winds reached 92 mph. At sea, speeds reached a horrifying 150mph," says The Mirror. But worst of all, "it`s not over yet". Following Sunday`s twister in nearby Bognor Regis, Selsey was hit by a tornado "that ripped through part of the town, tossing caravans into the air," says The Independent. "The storm was an Atlantic depression that formed on Saturday west of Ireland, and swept towards Britain, abnormal in its force." "Britain is now beginning to pay the price of unchecked global warming," says Paul Brown, environment correspondent to The Guardian. A report by the EU tomorrow will say that "Britain and the rest of northern Europe can expect far more flooding" and Sussex will be cited as an example. The Express and The Mirror both cover the story of heroic schoolboy Rikkilee Rigg who carried his little brother over one shoulder and his border collie Megan over the other when they were trapped in chest-high water by a sudden high tide in Millom, Cumbria. "We were throwing stones into the water and throwing the ball for Megan to run after and we didn`t notice the tide was cutting us off," says Rikkilee. The boys were later rescued by coastguard and treated for slight hypothermia. [... more]

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