Michael Eavis urges the rainwater
to head for the seaside
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During a pause in the rain (praise be!) Michael Eavis has just been encouraging festivalgoers not to get downhearted.
"The water has been draining off fast," he says. "The seaside is only 20 miles away, and the quicker the water gets there, the better."
He says the floods will drain away in the next couple of hours, and aren't - yet - causing any sanitation problems.
His advice to the waterlogged is to get out and about and keep warm. "The weather's getting better," he says. "We need to cheer up a bit."
