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Communities pull together in worst hit flood areas

11/20/2009 - 4:15:20 PM

People on a tractor trailer on River Street, Ballinasloe in Co.Galway which is flooded under 3 feet of water. Pic: PA

Army units joined emergency crews volunteers and worried locals around the country as communities rallied in the face of rising flood waters.

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