{"id":308887,"date":"2026-01-12T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/kent-tens-of-thousands-left-without-water-as-major-incident-declared\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:00:10","slug":"kent-tens-of-thousands-left-without-water-as-major-incident-declared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/kent-tens-of-thousands-left-without-water-as-major-incident-declared\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent: tens of thousands left without water as major incident declared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/W-stKHfhQto\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Kent: tens of thousands left without water as major incident declared\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W-stKHfhQto\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A major incident has been declared in Kent where tens of thousands of households have been left without water or with intermittent supplies.<\/p>\n<p>South East Water has blamed the cold weather and a power cut for causing a series of burst pipes and leaks. 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South East Water has blamed the cold weather and a power cut for causing a series of burst pipes and leaks. 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