luckily they got the bulk of the water out and the rain has subsided – or it would have put a large chunk of Reading and South Oxfordshire off supply….
Fire crews say they have prevented flood water damaging an electrical substation near Reading, in Berkshire.
Power cuts in Reading and south Oxfordshire may have been averted.
Some 40,000 properties in the area were in danger of losing power.
BBC News – Flood warnings remain as wet weather continues
