Never one to underplay the drama of a situation, Sky News’s Kay Burley informed viewers that she had to “hang on†to some garden railings in Abingdon because the floodwaters swirling around her ankles were so strong.
Strangely, other passers-by didn’t seem to be sharing her struggle against the tide.
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