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Big clean-up after storm damage | Big clean-up after storm damage |
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Schools, homes and businesses have been mopping up after torrential storms struck West and North Yorkshire. | Schools, homes and businesses have been mopping up after torrential storms struck West and North Yorkshire. |
About 10 days' worth of rain fell in half an hour and some homes were hit by tornadoes in Leeds and Harrogate. | |
Three schools in Leeds - Guiseley High, Hunslet Moor Primary and most of South Leeds High - were closed on Friday, as the clean-up operation continued. | Three schools in Leeds - Guiseley High, Hunslet Moor Primary and most of South Leeds High - were closed on Friday, as the clean-up operation continued. |
Train services were returning to normal after lightning strikes hit signals at Leeds station during Thursday's storms. | Train services were returning to normal after lightning strikes hit signals at Leeds station during Thursday's storms. |
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Insurance assessors were inspecting the damage caused by the tornadoes, which tore tiles off many roofs and uprooted trees. | |
Leeds City Council said an information centre would be opened at Compton Road Library in Harehills on Friday afternoon to advise those affected on insurance claims. | Leeds City Council said an information centre would be opened at Compton Road Library in Harehills on Friday afternoon to advise those affected on insurance claims. |
Tony White, caretaker at one of the closed schools, Guiseley, told BBC News the building's new roof could not cope with the unexpected excess water. | Tony White, caretaker at one of the closed schools, Guiseley, told BBC News the building's new roof could not cope with the unexpected excess water. |
"There's a lake on the second floor and a lot of damage," he said. | "There's a lake on the second floor and a lot of damage," he said. |
In North Yorkshire, fire and rescue crews were called to Harrogate, Summerbridge, Selby, Northallerton and Reeth - all in a two hour period - to deal with flooded premises. | In North Yorkshire, fire and rescue crews were called to Harrogate, Summerbridge, Selby, Northallerton and Reeth - all in a two hour period - to deal with flooded premises. |
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