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From our Flood CorrespondentsIf you have any stories in particular or images about floods please let us know. Flood protection in Bewdley on the River SevernBrian Thomas from Bewdley High School, right on the Rivern Severn has kindly offered a few images of the flood protection scheme now in place following the 2000 floods see below . This was a trial of the demountable scheme.
Next will be it being tested! Many thanks to the photographer Ben Norwood. Brian Thomas offered this perspective too. Why not ask if these new barriers make things worse for worse for people downstream? Well the publicity/ advertising for the demountable barriers would indicate not. ( I remember the local MP stating that he had been told that the barrier would not significantly affect water levels downstream or on the other side of the river ) Also I have not heard any complaints that houses/ premises had been affected by the barrier, Although the 2000 flood led to waters coming very close to parts of Bewdley High School so even a small displacement of a really bad flood could lead to some ill effects. Incidentally, locals in Bewdley maintain that the flooding became more frequent when dredging of the river ceased. Dredging ceased sometime between the 1940s and 1960s, depending on who you ask! There is an article in Geography in the Newa http://www.geographyinthenews.rgs.org/features/article/?id=283 The Severn Bore
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We have been back to take photographs of Bewdley and Bridgnorth in June 2001 in exactly the same places. Look at the flooded and after pages. Stop and think!We would like to express our concern for all those people who suffered in the 2000 floods. It is clearly miserable and we hope you are back to normal soon. Our House Under Water
Click on the image to read on. Why not send in a poem associated with one of these images on these pages. The
Environment Agency has launched Flood Plain maps - it is an
example of a GIS - type in your post code and a map will appear to
alert you of the possibility of being at risk of flooding from two
different sources (coastal and river flooding).
There will be a copy of
Thinking through Geography
for the best caption, funny, thought provoking or serious! These are my favourite pictures so far! Thanks to Howard Bagshaw and Roger Thompson.
View photographs of the flooding in:
Stone
Bob Jones from Alleyne's High has produced this mystery about Bob the Builder about Stone which reflects the town's problems with flooding and sent us this worksheet used as part of a local enquiry into flooding in Stone. Please download the word file here. Cardiff 1999
Flood weblinks - send them in please!
Norman Harrison Deputy Head at Woodhouse High has some superb pictures from the air. The flood coincided with a Royal Navy visit. There is a link from the opening page.There are some good picture stories at: www.bbc.co.uk/news . Search for Severn, Ouse etc. and you will get some good picture stories. Search for floods and you will get a global
perspective. I got this headline. The Environment Agency has some interesting documents on how to cope with floods.www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Flooding web enquiry
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