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| Royal couple visit flood-hit town | Royal couple visit flood-hit town |
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| The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall are visiting a Northumberland market town hit by severe flooding. | |
| They will tour Morpeth where more than 400 people were moved to safety and 1,000 properties damaged when the River Wansbeck burst its banks on Saturday. | They will tour Morpeth where more than 400 people were moved to safety and 1,000 properties damaged when the River Wansbeck burst its banks on Saturday. |
| Residents and some of the emergency workers who helped in the rescue operation were due to meet Charles and Camilla on Friday. | |
| The government's rural advisor Stuart Burgess is in the town on Thursday. | The government's rural advisor Stuart Burgess is in the town on Thursday. |
| He is also visiting outlying rural areas near Wooler, where 100-year-old flood banks were topped for the first time in living memory. | He is also visiting outlying rural areas near Wooler, where 100-year-old flood banks were topped for the first time in living memory. |
| Morpeth was deluged when the River Wansbeck burst its banks | Morpeth was deluged when the River Wansbeck burst its banks |
| Morpeth experienced one month's rain in just 12 hours and at its peak the town's high street was under 2ft (0.6m) of water. | Morpeth experienced one month's rain in just 12 hours and at its peak the town's high street was under 2ft (0.6m) of water. |
| Water levels subsided on Sunday and Monday. No-one was seriously hurt. | Water levels subsided on Sunday and Monday. No-one was seriously hurt. |
| As a result of their visit, the royal couple has postponed a scheduled tour of the Moorland Mousie Trust at the Exmoor Pony Centre in Dulverton, Somerset. | As a result of their visit, the royal couple has postponed a scheduled tour of the Moorland Mousie Trust at the Exmoor Pony Centre in Dulverton, Somerset. |
| The Queen has sent a message of sympathy those affected. | The Queen has sent a message of sympathy those affected. |
| In a statement she said her thoughts were with those who have been displaced and lost livelihoods. The Queen also passed on her thanks to the emergency services and local councils for their work. | In a statement she said her thoughts were with those who have been displaced and lost livelihoods. The Queen also passed on her thanks to the emergency services and local councils for their work. |
| Meanwhile, more than £30,000 has been raised in the first three days of a flood victims appeal, the Morpeth Lions Club said. | |
| A grant of $10,000 (£5,707) was pledged by the Lions Clubs International Foundation's emergency and disaster fund. | A grant of $10,000 (£5,707) was pledged by the Lions Clubs International Foundation's emergency and disaster fund. |