Flooding in the UK.

It's not just flooding, unfortunately, terrible as it is, it's 90mph winds which is causing a lot of damage... also planes, trains, and public transport has come to a halt in many places, people are stuck, can't get home, houses and business are destroyed by the flood ( the latter mainly up in the north of the country)..we in the south have the force of the winds mainly...

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...avel-chaos-thousands-passengers-stranded.html



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We've had it now for the best part of 48 hours....

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...avel-chaos-thousands-passengers-stranded.html
 
Seems like almost every part of the globe has or is now experiencing problems like never before.

Hollydolly, that pic of the car in the sinkhole, we had that where I am, larger and closed the road for months till repaired. I am reluctant to go down that road now, afraid it could happen again in that same spot.
 
Hollydolly, those pics are heartbreaking, that poor woman with the broom trying to clean up that mess, an impossible task it seems.

Curious, is insurance coverage for flooding available your side of the pond? Over here it seems the insurance companies are making attempts to dodge paying.
 
This morning here in the south the rain has stopped, and the sun is out but the winds are still very strong.. I've had no damage to my property thus far after 48 hours , and as I'm on high ground I don't get flooded and I have mature trees and high fences planted all around my garden borders.., but I live in an area in the countryside which has a lot of tree lined roads, and there's a lot of trees down, and destruction to parked vehicles..
 
Lee said:
Hollydolly, those pics are heartbreaking, that poor woman with the broom trying to clean up that mess, an impossible task it seems.

Curious, is insurance coverage for flooding available your side of the pond? Over here it seems the insurance companies are making attempts to dodge paying.
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Same thing here, Insurance companies either demand extremely high premiums or avoid paying by calling it an act of God!!

yes that poor woman up north with the filthy stinking muddy water, she'll never get here house properly clean or get rid of the smell really, and she's only one of hundreds it's happened to as well... :(
 
hollydolly said:
This morning here in the south the rain has stopped, and the sun is out but the winds are still very strong.. I've had no damage to my property thus far after 48 hours , and as I'm on high ground I don't get flooded and I have mature trees and high fences planted all around my garden borders.., but I live in an area in the countryside which has a lot of tree lined roads, and there's a lot of trees down, and destruction to parked vehicles..
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I've been following this on BBC news since it started.
".....So far, the storm has resulted in a month and a half's worth of rainfall within 24 hours for some parts of the UK, causing flooding and power cuts.
Power has been restored to the majority of the 324,000 homes and businesses that experienced electricity outages yesterday due to Storm Ciara, UK Power networks has said.
A large area of the Eden Valley, Cumbria could lose its water supplies after Storm Ciara damaged a water pipe. Engineers have been unable to carry out repairs at the Watchgate water treatment works near Kendal. United Utilities is setting up water stations for affected areas, and a number of schools are sending children home.
Communities along the Calder Valley are assessing the damage following severe flooding caused by Storm Ciara. The area was devastated by flooding at Christmas in 2015 and millions of pounds were invested in flood defences. However, some of the work, including a £30m scheme in Mytholmroyd, is not due to be completed until the summer....".

Just endless stories every day.
 
Lee said:
Hollydolly, those pics are heartbreaking, that poor woman with the broom trying to clean up that mess, an impossible task it seems.
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Here is the caption for that pic out of the Daily Mail.

Misery: Flood victim Karen Smith starts the clear up after Storm Ciara wrecked her home in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire
 
Sir Walter Scott described here as "Land of the Mountain and the flood".

We're fortunate that the village is on high ground and has never experienced flooding. The road below the village has flooded once in my time here, when snow melted rapidly causing the burn to overflow. Wind is more a problem and in the past some agricultural buildings, garden sheds etc.. have suffered. A couple of coastal villages have also been cut off when landslides blocked their access roads.
 
I was looking at pics of the damage yesterday online, too. Just devastating.

Britain had a hurricane, at 90 mph winds!

Insurance companies don't even sell flood insurance here but you can buy flood insurance from the federal government through your insurance company. I hope Brits are able to do this.
 
It seems that weather "extremes" are becoming the norm....all over the planet. As the climate continues to warm, we can probably expect these conditions to worsen, every year.
 
"Britain had a hurricane, at 90 mph winds!"

That makes it sound very dramatic, but the picture varied considerably over the country. While there was extensive flooding in some areas, In this area the peak gusts were about 40 mph with little rain and no flooding.

We can take out insurance to cover flooding. When you apply for property insurance, you have to state if you are near a water course and if there has ever been any flooding in the area.
 
The flooding is mainly in northern England, not the northern UK. Scotland has been little affected apart from a few localised pockets and the usual landslips.

That may change this weekend with storm Dennis and some major snow melt.
 
Capt Lightning said:
"Britain had a hurricane, at 90 mph winds!"

That makes it sound very dramatic, but the picture varied considerably over the country. While there was extensive flooding in some areas, In this area the peak gusts were about 40 mph with little rain and no flooding.

We can take out insurance to cover flooding. When you apply for property insurance, you have to state if you are near a water course and if there has ever been any flooding in the area.
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but here in the south we had 90mph winds.....
 
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