Flooding

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London flooding: Should the capital become a 'sponge city'?

Surface flooding is one of London's biggest threats - so what can be done to combat it?

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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UK weather: Amber warnings for heavy rain and flooding issued

Many areas could face travel disruption throughout Wednesday and Thursday.

www.bbc.co.uk

Here we go again…

 

[Which Tyler]

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Not the rivers flooding this time, but looks like it's just local rainfall in the garden at work that overcame the drain and back door.
We've been in Tewkesbury since 2006, before the big flood of 2007, and several others that have closed the town - this is the first time I've come to find a wet floor at work.

 

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And in Central and Eastern Europe:

Central Europe floods: Rush to shore up flood defences as more killed

Torrential rain from Storm Boris has swelled rivers across central and eastern Europe, with one person confirmed to have drowned in Poland.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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UK weather: More heavy rain for parts of UK as summer ends

Fresh Met Office yellow warnings for heavy rain have been issued for Sunday and Monday with flooding and power cuts possible.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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UK weather: commuters face travel disruption after heavy rainfall

Thirty-five flood warnings in place across England after some areas get more than 100mm of rain in 48 hours

www.theguardian.com

 

[Kiwiwomble]

flooding has caused the drainage at Plough Lane to fail and the pitch subside





going to be a tough road to fix for a fans owned club, go fund me page already set up with over 20K donated

 

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Yeh no games there for foreseeable future.

 

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Bedford drivers warned to stop removing signs on flooded roads

"Moving these signs can be extremely dangerous. They are there for a reason," the council says.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Bedford drivers warned to stop removing signs on flooded roads

"Moving these signs can be extremely dangerous. They are there for a reason," the council says.

www.bbc.co.uk

We have a local road that floods regularly they continually forget to take down the flood signs once it drys again.

 

[Which Tyler]

We have a local road that floods regularly they continually forget to take down the flood signs once it drys again.

If it's anything like here, it's not that they forget to take the sign away, it's because they can't until they've given the road a safety inspection.

Doesn't stop anyone moving the signs here either, including when the water is high; but if you drive on a road that's been closed - it's your own fault if you damage your car there (and your insurance company won't be sympathetic to "but I thought I knew better") - if the road's been given the all clear, but eg. that drain cover is actually loose/absent and you kill your suspension, then you can sue the country council (I think it's county council responsible for these things).

Of course, when the Severn / Avon are flooding, the road safety inspectors are both working overtime AND can take a while to get to such-and-such a road.

 

[ncurd]

If it's anything like here, it's not that they forget to take the sign away, it's because they can't until they've given the road a safety inspection.

Doesn't stop anyone moving the signs here either, including when the water is high; but if you drive on a road that's been closed - it's your own fault if you damage your car there (and your insurance company won't be sympathetic to "but I thought I knew better") - if the road's been given the all clear, but eg. that drain cover is actually loose/absent and you kill your suspension, then you can sue the country council (I think it's county council responsible for these things).

Its gloucestershire highways usually. Which is county council.

Wife works for borough council they get a lot of complaints for stuff not under their control. She gets grumpy when it's me on her lunch break...