Might need to invest in a boat soon.

[Sidsockett]

I live in Stourport which floods badly. Most of the flooding occurs on flood plains though, so it's really only the playground and car park that floods. Upstream in Bewdley, they completed a 10 million quid flood defence last September. as more buildungs are situated on the river bank and get routinely flooded. Well, the new system did it's job and has been tested to the max! Never seen the water levels so high and flowing downstream so quickly. If you fell in, you wouldn't be getting back out!

Only Severn Side North/South had the barriers this AM. Have they put up the Beale Corner defensives now?

Haven't passed through today, though I'm told levels have dropped off slightly. So perhaps haven't been needed. Bodes well for the long term.

[greetsgreenbaggie]

I live in Stourport which floods badly. Most of the flooding occurs on flood plains though, so it's really only the playground and car park that floods. Upstream in Bewdley, they completed a 10 million quid flood defence last September. as more buildungs are situated on the river bank and get routinely flooded. Well, the new system did it's job and has been tested to the max! Never seen the water levels so high and flowing downstream so quickly. If you fell in, you wouldn't be getting back out!

Only Severn Side North/South had the barriers this AM. Have they put up the Beale Corner defensives now?

The rivers not even touched the barriers on Severn Side North/South. £10m flood defence on Beales Corner not in operation. Not sure how long you've lived in Stourport, but these river levels are nothing to shout about.

[Tom Joad 25]

It's all measured up river though. From those measuring stations they know exactly how high it will get in Bewdley after heavy rainfall in Wales/Shropshire. The flood defences at Bewdley are a success story.