United Kingdom: Floods, July 2007 - MapAction In all 4000 homes and 500 businesses across Gloucestershire were affected by flooding. Our services; Our strategy; Our impact; Our values; . 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Combined military and civil emergency services tried to stop floods reaching the Walham electricity substation in Gloucester supplying half a million people. On 12 June, Magherafelt was affected by flooding. Get all the stories you love straight to your inbox. 200 people were forced to leave Witton Road and Tame Road in Aston, Birmingham when the River Tame flooded. [154], Visiting Gloucestershire on 25 July, Mr. Brown praised emergency services for their efforts, but added: "We've got to get the supplies stepped up. Gloucestershire Floods 2007 Minja KelldridgeThe flood was very unfortunate, but I'm in essex so was lucky enough to avoid it, Lauren HughesNo Floods In Plymouth Just Very Bad WeatherStrong Gales And Heavy Rain 12 degrees x. Madithe government are trying their best to try to defend us from flash floods.it is stupid blaming the government for the weather !but it is not entirly down to them the victims of the flood could stop moaning and get on with it in stead of waiting around doing nothing. Oxford, particularly Botley, was flooded and some 300 people were evacuated. [52], By 24 July, an estimated 420,000 people were without drinking water, including most of the population of Gloucester, Cheltenham, and Tewkesbury. The floods of 2007 swamped the Mythe works leaving 350,000 people in parts of Gloucestershire without clean water for 17 days. From 10 June the high pressure began to break down as an upper trough moved into the area, triggering thunderstorms that caused flooding in Northern Ireland on 12 June. The extra jobs would include river dredging. !it rained for a week the tree got swept on top of the house. Home; About us. Jamesthe floods have been realley bad in the past couple of years in England!! Some of the residents blame Severn Trent Water for opening floodgates at Priors Lee balancing lake, however no such gates exist. [48][49][50][51] During the recovery phase a number of responders from around the UK 4x4 Response assisted the Red Cross in the distribution of fresh drinking water in the Gloucestershire area after mains drinking water was contaminated. Coors, Carlsberg, Scottish and Newcastle, Inbev and Greene King brewing companies offered 23 beer tankers to help supply drinking water. Nice one. Case Studies. In Reading, rail services to the southwest were affected and westbound trains from Paddington could go no further. See the photos we were sent in the aftermatch of the July 2007 flooding in Gloucestershire. [5] Following the flooding in July, the RAF said it is carrying out its biggest ever peacetime rescue operation, with six Sea King helicopters from as far afield as RAF St Mawgan in Cornwall, RAF Valley in Anglesey and RAF Leconfield in the East Riding of Yorkshire rescuing up to 120 people. Gloucestershire Floods 2007 Bishops Cleeve . Most Gloucester postcodes are medium flood risk, with some low, and high flood risk postcodes. I work in Ledbury, all routes home were blocked or slow moving. It has also led to Woodland Road to improve its drainage to prevent such flooding on one of the main roads out the town. . Status: + Please stop driving also i think that there should be a non driving day,where people are not aloud to drive, jacob harrellit was realy anoying it took me 8 months to get into my home. On 26 July Severn Trent Water organised a temporary non-potable water supply to 10,000 homes in Tewkesbury. Nialli was on holiday and they showed gloucster on the news in france it was quite creepy D. O'HareThe Floods were awfull. this article would be more helpful to my school project if it had more statistics like how much it rained compared to average.but still quite helpful. Gloucestershire Floods 2007 | Tewkesbury | cleevehome | Flickr matthew skidmorei think it was the devistating thing that has happend in glostshire. [29], On 3 June, Stoke Goldington suffered flash flooding affecting 25 homes. The Floods were awfull. [88] The new Hull police station had to be vacated because of flooding. [99] On 23 June, flooding affected Middlesbrough. After the wettest June and July on record since they began in 1766, a 12-hour period on July 20, 2007 saw a record 78mm of rain fall on Gloucestershire, causing rapid and intense flash. Is anyone else terrified like me!!! AmyWithdrawing incapacity benefits would mean "lazy bones" who are unable to work due to injury would have no money. [145] In Brecknockshire, the River Wye burst its banks in Builth Wells on 1 July,[146][147] IMPORTANT: We have taken a single point within a . Simple! connori think the floods were devastating and i came up with the free school dinners. [75], By 21 July, flooded parts of Warwickshire included Alcester, Stratford-upon-Avon, Shipston on Stour and Water Orton. Following the floods in Tewkesbury, some residents are living in caravans while their homes dry out. More than 50 people were rescued from their flooded homes. View all United Kingdom: Floods . Im doing a homework on Flooding in 2007 and this page really helped. You can also hear how BBC Radio Gloucestershire reported the dramatic events as they happened. Forty thousand sandbags were transported from Grantham in Lincolnshire to Abingdon and Oxford. [63] On 27 June 2007, flash flooding caused extensive damage to the villages of Lambley, Woodborough and Burton Joyce. [60] The M50 motorway near Ledbury was closed on 22 July due to flooding. The hole it made was 13 feet (4.0m) deep and 33 feet (10m) wide, traffic throughout the county was held up due to the collapsed main road. Longford Flood Map - GetTheData Maps showing how rising sea levels could flood Gloucestershire make for some pretty worrying viewing. Or that this July deluge would make history by triggering the county's biggest ever peacetime emergency. [114][115] On 16 July, roads in Aghadowey, Coleraine[119][120] and Portstewart, Coleraine[118] were rendered impassable by floodwater. The worst of the flooding occurred across Scotland on 14 June; East Yorkshire and the Midlands on 15 June; Yorkshire, the Midlands, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire on 25 June; and Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and South Wales on 28 July 2007. I can't believe how much it cost either!! Status: + Why did Tewkesbury flood in 2007? This plan is provided by Gloucestershire County Council (the 'Council') in good faith for Strategic Flood Risk Assessment purposes only and must not be used for any other reason. Prices of vegetables were expected to rise in the following months.[152]. Twenty schools were damaged, about 500 businesses were flooded. The M5 came to a standstill with about 10,000 motorists stuck overnight between junctions 10 and 12. Nice one indeed. [142], On 26 June, properties were affected in Tintern on the River Wye in Monmouthshire. To best prepare for the possibility of flooding, it is a good idea to find out whether your house or business is at risk. charlotteim doing a project and peice of corsework on the floods (Y) xx, I Love CamelsYo, The Floods Were Awful!I'm Just GLad I Only Had TO Cope With A Few days Of It Before I Went On Holiday!My Friend zooooozoooo It Was Her First Day Back ANd She Was TRapped In The FLoods! [107], On 27 June, the Army moved into the Doncaster area after the River Don overtopped its banks and threatened the area around what was Thorpe Marsh Power Station. Births, marriages, deaths and civil partnerships. [151] The Environment Agency described the situation as "critical".[9]. Luckily they had kids aswell and it ended up more like a giant sleepover!!! Map of Tewkesbury (Gloucestershire) postcodes and their flood risks. 25 views . By 21 July, seventy homes and businesses were flooded by the River Ouse in Buckingham and 30 people spent the night in the town's Radcliffe centre,[28] but 10 miles (16km) away a system of balancing lakes prevented Milton Keynes from suffering significantly, apart from a flash flood of Stony Stratford High Street from the River Ouse. Google Earth - August 1, 2007 KML June and July 2007 brought drenching rain and devastating floods to England. [140], Lampeter in Ceredigion was affected by flooding on 11 June[141] and then again on 15 June. Children at a school in Horncastle were evacuated because of floods. Place Distance; Robinswood flood map: 939 m: Podsmead flood map: 1.1 km: Linden flood map: 1.3 km: Tredworth . Yet as the day wore on it became obvious that this was no ordinary storm, but extreme weather on a scale seldom seen in Britain. It's resulted in the setting up of a new system called Making Minutes Matter which will make it easier for busy people to do voluntary work as and when they have the time. A man was incorrectly reported missing near the village of Adwick le Street near Doncaster.[108]. By 21 July, Banbury[69] and Witney[70] were flooded. The combination of high rainfall and high water levels from the earlier rainfall led to extensive flooding across many parts of England and Wales, with the Midlands, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, South, West and East Yorkshire the most affected. [43][44] On 23 July 50,000 Gloucestershire homes were left without electricity after a major electricity substation in Castle Meads had to be turned off. 2007 prices, within a possible range of between 2.5 billion and 3.8 billion. Even if your home is not directly at risk from flooding, we can all be affected by the consequences of an unexpected event. We together will beat Global Warming! On 26 June 2007 the New Road Ground, home to Worcestershire County Cricket Club, was flooded after the River Severn overtopped its banks, causing the next day's Twenty20 match against Warwickshire to be cancelled.