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Other significant Thames floods since 1947 have occurred in 1968, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2014. [citation needed]Following the 1947 flood, a recent commentator has suggested, the Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead—having been particularly heavily hit—"judged that the zoning regulation after 1947 would cause the area to become derelict and destroy its amenities".
The rivers Thames and Lea flooded in London, causing the Windsor borough engineer Geoffrey Baker to remark: "We could only cope if we had a spare Thames, or two." [11] A bulldozer towing a sledge delivers bread to the snowbound village of Llanwddyn, Montgomeryshire, on 15 March 1947. Flooding from the River Trent in West Bridgford near Nottingham
14 March – Thames flood and other widespread flooding as the exceptionally harsh winter ends in a thaw. [8] March – Postwar boom in births reaches peak. [9] April – English country houses at Arundel, Chatsworth and Longleat reopen to the visiting public, after wartime use. 1 April – Raising of school leaving age to fifteen. [9]
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The resulting floods and debris flow kill between 1,077 and 1,920 people, injuring 1,547 [24] and leaving 853 missing. [25] September 17–21 – The 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane in southeastern Florida, and also in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana causes widespread damage, and kills 50 people. September 18 – In the United States:
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