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Oxfordshire: Floods close schools, halt trains and submerge roads

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Oxfordshire: Floods close schools, halt trains and submerge roads

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Councillor Liam Walker, deputy leader of the Conservative Group at Oxfordshire County Council, said: “Storm Bert has given us a bit of a battering.

“Roads in a lot of places that were under water have never been under water before.”

He said rising water levels also led to a number of residents in Witney having to leave their homes on Sunday.

Mr Walker said the council was working to collate information for residents on where sandbags would be available to collect.

Yellow warnings for wind and rain were in place across the south over the weekend, with dozens of events cancelled because of the weather conditions.