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| Teenagers' mountain rescue drama | Teenagers' mountain rescue drama |
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| Three teenage girls have been rescued after heavy rains left them stranded in the Mourne Mountains in County Down. | |
| The girls, aged between 15 and 17, were forced from their campsite by torrential rain at about 0445 BST on Tuesday. | |
| They then found their way down was blocked by a swollen river. | They then found their way down was blocked by a swollen river. |
| "It would have been quite dangerous," said Ed Kilgore from the Mourne Rescue Team, which led the girls to safety. | "It would have been quite dangerous," said Ed Kilgore from the Mourne Rescue Team, which led the girls to safety. |
| Aaron Moore sent in this shot of a drainpipe and trellis that came down in the heavy rain at Ballynahinch | |
| The girls were picked up by relatives at the bottom of the Mournes. | The girls were picked up by relatives at the bottom of the Mournes. |
| Five people had to be rescued after their cars were trapped in floodwater. | |
| It happened on the Glenavy Road in Moira following a night of heavy rain across Northern Ireland. | |
| The Met Office had issued a severe weather warning for Northern Ireland with a predicted 30mm to 50mm of rain overnight and the deluge continued through much of the day. | |
| Police warned of flooding on roads in a number of places with counties Down and Antrim worst affected. |