| Europe's weather this summer has been a strange | | | | Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. |
| mix, with different countries experiencing greatly | | | | Insurance companies have warned that the floods will |
| differing weather patterns. | | | | cost small businesses millions, and insurers are |
| Mediterranean countries such as Greece have seen | | | | expecting tens of millions in claims from homeowners. |
| temperatures soar over the hundred farenheit mark, | | | | The British government has offered emergency aid |
| while in the UK floods caused misery for hundreds of | | | | to the worst affected areas to help with the cost of |
| thousands of people. | | | | the clear-up. Yorkshire in the north of England saw |
| The floods affecting large parts of England have | | | | some of the heaviest flooding, with thousands of |
| claimed four lives, and left a hundred thousand homes | | | | homes left without power and three people dying. |
| without water for two weeks in parts of | | | | |