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Article: Flood warning system change; Environment agency admits Morpeth error.(News)
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- The Journal (Newcastle, England)
- Article date:
- October 25, 2008
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Byline: William Green Political Editor
THE Environment Agency has changed procedures after failing to warn a Morpeth neighbourhood about flooding, according to a Northumberland MP.
Wansbeck MP Denis Murphy said the early warning system worked well for most people registered under the scheme, with 523 homes contacted with a warning.
But speaking in the Commons, he said: "For the residents of the Middle Greens area of Morpeth, it did not work at all.
"There are more than 300 homes in that area, ...