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Heavy Rains Flood Parts of Britain
June 21, 2007
United Press International
LONDON -- Emergency crews struggled Wednesday after heavy rains and thunderstorms caused flooding, landslides and power outages in Britain.
The worst destruction was concentrated in the Severn, Avon and Wye valleys between Birmingham and the Welsh border, The Guardian newspaper said Thursday.
The newspaper said almost two-thirds of the historic Severn Valley steam railway between Kidderminster and Bridgenorth was damaged as heavy rain swept away embankments.
Power lines were down in Kent and ambulance crews in Worcestershire trying to reach the marooned village of Shrawley found a bridge over the Severn under water, the newspaper said.
The main village road at Hampton Loade in Shropshire was washed away, leaving about 50 people trapped in their homes.
Are any MLUKFCers affected by this?
Monstro
21 Jun 2007, 18:59
Did it rain a bit then?
Cpl Mickey
21 Jun 2007, 19:03
Where i live we had a storm but no torrential rain like other parts of Kent had especially on the coast
tinkerbell
21 Jun 2007, 19:27
:nope: all good here
Hypnobabe
21 Jun 2007, 20:20
Here in Cambridgeshire we've had heavy rain, every day for at least a week, and while there have been places in the region with bad floods, my house is at the top of a hill, so I'm fine!!
Ageing Bat
22 Jun 2007, 08:07
Lets put it this way - if Mid Kent Water impose a hose-pipe ban like we've had for the past two summers, I think they may be in danger of being lynched! The places affected here in Kent were very localised.
Feleena
22 Jun 2007, 09:36
We have had a lot of rain in Bedford but we are on a slight hill where I live so no flood.
Feleena x
I love how the flooding really hits the news once the south is affected - half the trains up here ran late or were cancelled last week as the lines were flooded but no-one seemed to be bothered :p
Monstro
22 Jun 2007, 13:17
I love how the flooding really hits the news once the south is affected - half the trains up here ran late or were cancelled last week as the lines were flooded but no-one seemed to be bothered :p
Dif character of person up t'north you know, down here they get a dusting of icing sugar and they call it snow and you'd think the world had come to a stop!!!
And we are the centre of the universe down here you know!!!
Monstro
22 Jun 2007, 13:33
And we are the centre of the universe down here you know!!!
You like to think you lot are lol
That actually does really p*** me off...I live in County Durham, at the top of a hill, and when it snows here it really snows - I've known us be stuck inthe village because we can't get cars or buses up and down the hill due to snow - first snowflake falls in the south and it's the new ice age
You like to think you lot are lol
Excuse me!! Our trip to Manchester was the furthest north you've been for 18 months!!
Look on the bright side, while the soft southern shandy drinkers are worrying about some snow or rain falling in Lahndehn, they're not thinking about banning whippets, flat caps or clogs :lmao:
pmsl andy im a cockney but i agree with every word you say andy :cheers:
I thought a whippet was one of those dogs that Niles owned in Frasier the one that looked like Mariss!!
We have had a lot of rain in Bedford but we are on a slight hill where I live so no flood.
Feleena x
Yep, don't I know it. I had a driving lesson in it. It kept starting and stopping. :evil:
Yep, don't I know it. I had a driving lesson in it. It kept starting and stopping. :evil:
The rain or the car Lou? ;) Hope the lessons are going well.
Diane
Geez...trust an American to start sympathetic to Brits thread and Brits jump on it and pull each other apart...:lmao:
My sympathies to those who were affected and I hope nobody was...but those who were...hope it wasn't bad...we had some BAD disasters here...so we know all about THAT...
On the other hand, our President does everything that apparently God tells him to do...no wonder we're so severely tested and punished...
Lord Kagan
22 Jun 2007, 20:00
Plenty of Floods in Northen Ireland, Governments offered 1k per household effected
RadioMaster
23 Jun 2007, 01:32
did you take it?
Lord Kagan
23 Jun 2007, 19:47
Nope, my house wasnt affected
Pudding
26 Jun 2007, 12:15
I used to live in Sheffield and often said it should be under water, lo and behold, I watched BBC world and it was...so there IS a God :lmao:
Pud :twisted:
The rain or the car Lou? ;) Hope the lessons are going well.
Diane
:lol: No thankfully the car kept going.
AndrewG
26 Jun 2007, 14:19
Yeah the rain...
We need Rihanna to come around with her umbrella - eh - eh - uh - eh. :))
I used to live in Sheffield and often said it should be under water, lo and behold, I watched BBC world and it was...so there IS a God :lmao:
Pud :twisted:
I was born and bred in Sheffield. My last visit back in May, My friend commented on how filthy and smelly it was. Maybe it's nature's way of cleaning it up.
RadioMaster
26 Jun 2007, 16:50
must have been quite bad, even in the German news today
Meataholic
27 Jun 2007, 09:06
Yep - I think it was the worst flooding in Sheffield since records began & three people died in the area.
I'm just thankful I'm already down here and not travelling down from the North East at all in the next week!
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