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| | The Observer | UK News | Rising seas force road canal plan |
 | | More than one million acres of countryside could be abandoned to nature, with roads used as emergency canals, in a desperate bid to cope with rising seas and flood waters. |
 | | It also puts forward other suggestions, from traditional sea and river walls to schemes to create artificial flood plains to store water in emergencies, and 'inventive' suggestions, such as raising kerbs on minor roads so they can be used as flood channels. |
 | | The government would increase flood defence funding to a record £564m a year for the next three years, but demand for protection was also rising, said Elliot Morley, the environment minister. |
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