we have a lot of damage and it is recurrent. we just do not know what to do anymore. translation: it wouldn t matter how many water pumps we had here. with the high tide and this amount of water, we still would not be of able to avoid this. for the second time in less than week, locals are clearing debris, water and mud from their homes and businesses. the authorities insist work on a five kilometre drainage tunnel to prevent flooding in the future will begin soon but that won t be soon enough for residents of the capital because more rain is forecast later this week. wendy urquhart, bbc news. the first in a new generation of european weather satellites has been launched, which meteorologists hope will allow them to better predict violent storms. the satellite meteosat 12 took off from french guiana on an ariane rocket. it will monitor the atmosphere across europe, the middle east and africa, when fully operational, sending huge amounts of data back to earth. the multibillion dol