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Flood victim, 95, lived in Wetherspoons until she died after her home was destroyed
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Jean Powell kept asking when she could go back to her flat, which was flooded when the River Monnow burst its banks.
Jean Powell kept asking when she could go back to her flat, which was flooded when the River Monnow burst its banks.
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