Flooding alert as rain, wind and tides bring UK chaos
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Pastor Dale Morgan
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Flooding alert as rain, wind and tides bring UK chaos
South, east and north England at risk as Scotland hit by more snow
* Tracy McVeigh
* The Observer, Sunday 28 February 2010
Flooding in the UK
Cars are submerged as floodwater rises rapidly in the city centre of York today as the River Ouse floods following torrential rain. Photograph: John Giles/PA
Flooding is expected across Britain this weekend, with predictions that the torrential downpours and strong winds will intensify. The weather has already been held responsible for the death of Vanessa Robson, 53, of Beverley, east Yorkshire, whose Land Rover was washed into a narrow river and jammed beneath a bridge on the North York Moors.
Forecasters expect the east and south of England to bear the brunt of today's severe weather. The Environment Agency had four flood warnings in force – on the Went river in south Yorkshire, the upper Hull river in east Yorkshire, part of the Ouse river in north Yorkshire and Lustrum Beck in Co Durham. Forecasters said that a broad band of heavy rain accompanied by strong winds would sweep across southern England, pushing northwards. Rainfall totals in the south-east could top 30mm in some areas. High tides will make flooding more likely in coastal areas. The Environment Agency said 50-75mm of rain last week saturated land in Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and raised the flood risk from swollen rivers.
Andrew Gilham, the agency's flood risk manager for the southern region, said: "The ground is now saturated and river levels have risen. Our staff are out in force working tirelessly to reduce any possible risk of flooding across the region."
In Scotland hundreds of homes were still without electricity yesterday after thick snow brought down cables in Perthshire and Aberdeenshire, initially cutting off 45,000 homes.
About 100 houses had to be evacuated in Aberdeenshire because of landslides and there was concern over residents who were refusing to leave their homes. A snow-blocked road in the north of Scotland left people stuck in their cars in freezing temperatures for more than 17 hours. As the lambing season begins, more than 1,000 barns have collapsed under the weight of snow since the Arctic conditions first swept in during December.
Flooding alert as rain, wind and tides bring UK chaos
South, east and north England at risk as Scotland hit by more snow
* Tracy McVeigh
* The Observer, Sunday 28 February 2010
Flooding in the UK
Cars are submerged as floodwater rises rapidly in the city centre of York today as the River Ouse floods following torrential rain. Photograph: John Giles/PA
Flooding is expected across Britain this weekend, with predictions that the torrential downpours and strong winds will intensify. The weather has already been held responsible for the death of Vanessa Robson, 53, of Beverley, east Yorkshire, whose Land Rover was washed into a narrow river and jammed beneath a bridge on the North York Moors.
Forecasters expect the east and south of England to bear the brunt of today's severe weather. The Environment Agency had four flood warnings in force – on the Went river in south Yorkshire, the upper Hull river in east Yorkshire, part of the Ouse river in north Yorkshire and Lustrum Beck in Co Durham. Forecasters said that a broad band of heavy rain accompanied by strong winds would sweep across southern England, pushing northwards. Rainfall totals in the south-east could top 30mm in some areas. High tides will make flooding more likely in coastal areas. The Environment Agency said 50-75mm of rain last week saturated land in Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and raised the flood risk from swollen rivers.
Andrew Gilham, the agency's flood risk manager for the southern region, said: "The ground is now saturated and river levels have risen. Our staff are out in force working tirelessly to reduce any possible risk of flooding across the region."
In Scotland hundreds of homes were still without electricity yesterday after thick snow brought down cables in Perthshire and Aberdeenshire, initially cutting off 45,000 homes.
About 100 houses had to be evacuated in Aberdeenshire because of landslides and there was concern over residents who were refusing to leave their homes. A snow-blocked road in the north of Scotland left people stuck in their cars in freezing temperatures for more than 17 hours. As the lambing season begins, more than 1,000 barns have collapsed under the weight of snow since the Arctic conditions first swept in during December.
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