Flooding in England

[angelwing]

2 inches short of shortening out power for 500,000:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,, ... 65,00.html

Flood levels have peaked just two inches short of the height which would have swamped a power station - leaving 500,000 homes without power.

Walham serves 500,000 homesThe Environment Agency said the River Severn at Gloucester had stopped rising just below the main quay wall which protects the city centre and Walham Substation.

Walham serves homes in Gloucestershire and South Wales.

Britain is suffering its worst flooding in living memory, leaving tens of thousands of people without power or water.

There have been mass evacuations across central and southern England with thousands of homes flooded.

Water levels are not expected to peak for another 24 to 36 hours. At their height, some rivers will be more than 20ft higher than normal.

Two of Britain's major rivers - the Avon and the Severn - have already burst their banks.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Chaos as heavy rain brings floods


20 Jul 07 - Helicopters flew in to rescue people from homes in Worcestershire, a hospital was flooded in West Sussex and a man died in his home in Cumbria.
The Glade music festival near Aldermaston, Reading, had to be suspended because of severe flooding with cars reported "floating around" in the car park.

Parts of south London were badly hit, with roads submerged under 2ft of water in some parts.

In West Sussex, Worthing Hospital was flooded by 18in of water, with many homes also flooded across the county.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6907316.stm



Flooding has affected Maidenhead in Berkshire badly

Floods swamp central Britain, thousands flee
'Total chaos,' says one evacuee, 'cars floating past' and even goldfish

23 Jul 07 - Torrential rains have plagued Britain over the past month — nearly 5 inches
fell in some areas on Friday alone — and more downpours were expected until at least
Tuesday. Officials warned that the western section of the River Thames — some 80 miles f
rom London — was on the verge of bursting its banks.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19905790/


Two months of rain in just one day
21 Jul 07 - Some of the heaviest rainfall in living memory deluged southern Britain yesterday,
inundating places with up to one sixth of their entire annual rainfall in less than 24 hours.

Downpours knocked out satellite communications, cut power, forced schools and homes
to be evacuated, and badly disrupted roads and railways.

Steve Randall, a forecaster for the Met Office, said: "I've never seen anything like it, and
I've been in the Met Office for 34 years. It's an extraordinary amount, more like you would
expect in a tropical rainforest."

To see this story with its related links on the Guardian Unlimited site, go to
http://www.guardian.co.uk

You have to ask your selfs what the heck is going on? For one Texas in the midwest, then China. Then this. Record cold in Aussie land and South America. One of the coolest summers in 8 years in Oregon,Washington.

[Aquawind]

GW is accelerating at an incredible rate and causing incredible extremes.. it's all over now..

[alan1961]

SUMMER CANCELLED IN UK!!

[KWT]

Not so sure about that Alan, the models do look better for the start of August eventhough things can change I do think august is looking better then the last two months. Has to be said though the last two months have been very impressive in terms of rainfall!

[tropicana]

here we go again:-

HEAVY RAIN WARNING
VALID SAT JULY 28 1800Z to SUN JULY 29 1200Z

The Met Office is forecasting a period of persistent rain for south Wales later on Saturday 28th July, spreading eastwards across central and southern parts of England during Sunday morning (29th July). The rain will be locally heavy with up to 30mm in places, but hills exposed to the southwest could see 40mm of rain. The period of rain is expected to last for 6-9 hours at any one location before clearing away eastwards. The Environment Agency is warning that everywhere in England and Wales is currently saturated and there is the risk that any further heavy rainfall will run off the ground and go straight into the rivers. As a result, we could see the levels in watercourses responding very quickly, so we urge people to remain vigilant as the unsettled period of weather is set to continue. There is also the possibility of flash flooding caused by surface water. We remind everyone to stay aware of weather forecasts .

-justin-

[alan1961]

Not so sure about that Alan, the models do look better for the start of August eventhough things can change I do think august is looking better then the last two months. Has to be said though the last two months have been very impressive in terms of rainfall!

Admittedly the pressure patterns do look better for the start of August but july pressure patterns gave us some hope of it being a little better but it didn't improve so i'm being a little sceptical on the latest models for early August..I just hope it pans out with a little accuracy forthcoming or it really is bye bye summer 2007!

[alan1961]

here we go again:-

HEAVY RAIN WARNING
VALID SAT JULY 28 1800Z to SUN JULY 29 1200Z

The Met Office is forecasting a period of persistent rain for south Wales later on Saturday 28th July, spreading eastwards across central and southern parts of England during Sunday morning (29th July). The rain will be locally heavy with up to 30mm in places, but hills exposed to the southwest could see 40mm of rain. The period of rain is expected to last for 6-9 hours at any one location before clearing away eastwards. The Environment Agency is warning that everywhere in England and Wales is currently saturated and there is the risk that any further heavy rainfall will run off the ground and go straight into the rivers. As a result, we could see the levels in watercourses responding very quickly, so we urge people to remain vigilant as the unsettled period of weather is set to continue. There is also the possibility of flash flooding caused by surface water. We remind everyone to stay aware of weather forecasts .

-justin-

Yep had a good drop of rain last night tropicana..maybe up to half an inch here in the Midlands but wasn't to serious as far as the rivers and flooding was concerned..other areas to the south west NEED no more rain as the recovery continues there so hopefully the forecast of a dry spell in the coming days will be some relief for these people.