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18/08/2008
Emergency Payouts For Floods Promised
People whose homes were damaged in the severe flooding at the weekend will receive an emergency payment.
However, the amount isn't yet clear - although those who were affected in last summer's serious flooding received a pay out of £1,000 to help restore their homes - and the NI Environment Minister Sammy Wilson has said the amount of money involved this time round would only be decided once the full impact of the flooding was clear.
Minister Wilson, Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy and senior civil servants discussed how to tackle the damage across Northern Ireland on Sunday after a month's rainfall fell in just 12 hours on Saturday.
It caused widespread flooding across Northern Ireland, with rivers bursting their banks, landslides and roads cut off.
Police also said two bridges had collapsed and 37 major roads were shut down, including part of the M1 motorway, and a train had derailed and the Fire and Rescue Service had helped people from their homes in Belfast, Counties Down, Armagh and Antrim.
Portglenone and Aghadowey were practically cut off, and there were several landslides, including one about one mile from the Spelga Dam on the Slievemaman Road in Newcastle, Co Down.
Newcastle Town Hall and the town's Presbyterian church were even opened as shelters for those affected by the floods, as was Watty Grahams GAA club in Maghera, Co Londonderry.
One of the collapsed bridges is at Fairy Glen, Rostrevor, Co Down and the other is on the Lurgan to Cahone road at Rathisland.
On Saturday night, the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said there had been ground-floor flooding in Belfast, Down and Armagh, and that every single one of its fire appliances was in use.
The Ballygawley Road and the Cookstown area of County Tyrone were among those flooded, and part of the Shore Road on the outskirts of north Belfast was closed after floods brought down a wall.
Sporting fixtures, including several Carnegie Irish Premier Division football matches, were also hit, and the Ulster Grand Prix at Dundrod, Co Antrim was cancelled.
Organisers earlier had to cancel Saturday's Ulster Grand Prix at Dundrod.
(BMcC)
However, the amount isn't yet clear - although those who were affected in last summer's serious flooding received a pay out of £1,000 to help restore their homes - and the NI Environment Minister Sammy Wilson has said the amount of money involved this time round would only be decided once the full impact of the flooding was clear.
Minister Wilson, Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy and senior civil servants discussed how to tackle the damage across Northern Ireland on Sunday after a month's rainfall fell in just 12 hours on Saturday.
It caused widespread flooding across Northern Ireland, with rivers bursting their banks, landslides and roads cut off.
Police also said two bridges had collapsed and 37 major roads were shut down, including part of the M1 motorway, and a train had derailed and the Fire and Rescue Service had helped people from their homes in Belfast, Counties Down, Armagh and Antrim.
Portglenone and Aghadowey were practically cut off, and there were several landslides, including one about one mile from the Spelga Dam on the Slievemaman Road in Newcastle, Co Down.
Newcastle Town Hall and the town's Presbyterian church were even opened as shelters for those affected by the floods, as was Watty Grahams GAA club in Maghera, Co Londonderry.
One of the collapsed bridges is at Fairy Glen, Rostrevor, Co Down and the other is on the Lurgan to Cahone road at Rathisland.
On Saturday night, the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said there had been ground-floor flooding in Belfast, Down and Armagh, and that every single one of its fire appliances was in use.
The Ballygawley Road and the Cookstown area of County Tyrone were among those flooded, and part of the Shore Road on the outskirts of north Belfast was closed after floods brought down a wall.
Sporting fixtures, including several Carnegie Irish Premier Division football matches, were also hit, and the Ulster Grand Prix at Dundrod, Co Antrim was cancelled.
Organisers earlier had to cancel Saturday's Ulster Grand Prix at Dundrod.
(BMcC)
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