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More than £10,000 raised after Manchester mikveh flooded

Newly-built religious bath in the Cheadle Chabad House destroyed after a month's rain falls in just 24 hours in the North West of England

August 5, 2019 09:31
Parts of Manchester and Cheshire were hit by a month's rainfall in 24 hours
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Nearly £11,000 has been raised after a mikveh in Greater Manchester was hit by severe flooding.

Cheadle, a village to the south-east of Manchester, was hit by a month’s rain in just 24 hours last week, causing the nearby Micker Brook tributary to burst its banks.

The mikveh, in the newly-expanded Cheadle Chabad House, was flooded, with waters rising to a few feet.

The main Chabad House building was only partially flooded.

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