Shrewsbury Floods January 2024, Storm Henk
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- čas přidán 2. 01. 2024
- Join Third Rate content as we take a tour around the Town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire to see the effects of Storm Henk, which has badly affected the whole of the UK in early 2024.
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The river peaked at 4.68m +- 7am 4/01/2024 a good way off the flood peak of 5.12 Meters on Feb 25th 2020 at 18:15. 44cm lower than 2020. Not close to the record of 5.25m on 1 November 2000.
That said we have had many good high floods in years past before records were taken as seriously.
The major issues now are natural floodplains being built on & all the new drainage systems that quickly place water into the waterways.
We regularly dredged when needed and that too mostly stopped when the EA took over in the late 90’s. Dredging helps ecosystems by removing trash, sludge, dead vegetation and other debris and contaminants. It keeps the water clean, preserves the local wildlife's ecosystems and remediates eutrophication - the excess of nutrients in the water due to runoff.
Both the Bowbrook & Reabrook enter at Coleham & this adds to their issues, but the Reabrook has not been diverted.
On the Severn from source to Shrewsbury alone There are 120+ tributaries that flow into the River Severn, from source to Shrewsbury alone & these join as Brooks, Streams, rivers.
Sometimes tributaries are only small trickles like at the source of the River Severn Or large brooks like the luggy brook, ReaBrook and Bowbrook or major rivers like the Rhiw, Afon clywedog, River Vyrnwy Down stream of Shrewsbury Other are large rivers, such as the Avon. Overall, the streams and rivers that join the River Severn cover an area of 4,409 square miles
This comment is why a comments section exists! Thank you for the correction Martin (my second hand info lol) and I agree with everything said. A lot of Shrewsbury is built on a floodplain, historically most of the areas were not built on due to this reason. Only in more recent times (with the towns expansion) was the danger of flooding overlooked. Thank you for contributing and this data packed comment 👍👍
Hi I’m new to your channel while looking for a town trail history tour of shrewsbury live locally great work well done x
Thank you Jane! And it’s lovely to read your enjoying the vids 👍
Thanks Dan!
It’s my pleasure, and thank you Ann 👍
I think we were out on the same day!
I was trying to track down the comment thread I need to reply to you on, but CZcams seems to bury all the comments and I can't find it now (I haven't forgotten I swear!). I expect 2024 is going to be a good year, need to catch up with you v.soon.
I’ve got your channel to alert me when you release a vid which it hasn’t done lol. Great to see you out and about (on your last vid) We must’ve been like ships that passed in the night (on the flooded river lol) that day. Will be great to have a catch up Dan!👍
Your Very Welcome Dan and hope 2024 is amazing for you xxx 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks Louise!
Lots of old Pathe newsreel films on Shrewsbury flooding, 1948, 1964 I seem to remember from films were bad floods and personally I remember about 2000 there was lots of flooding.
Yes the old footage is interesting, and available to watch on CZcams (when I last 👀)
2000 was the worst I remember also.
Great video, espy as I can now watch on my smart tv, I always check out the floods. BTW, lots of rain in Auckland NZ & sposed to be summer here!! Look fwd to many more vids during 2024. Happy New Yr.
Thank you Jenny! Yes that’s a massive quality of life improvement, I better make sure my personal grooming is on point 😂 Very interesting to hear about what’s going on weather wise in NZ. Hopefully it gets better so you can enjoy your summer 👍
Great video Dan crazy flooding tfs best wishes Phil 👍
Thanks Phil! Hopefully it’s going to go down now, the weather forecast says we’ve got over a week of dry weather (if that’s worth anything 🤣) 👍
I found your channel back in 2020(ish?) when i was looking for footage of the floods in shrewsbury. It was definitely much higher.
Thanks for confirming that! Also thanks for the support 👍
Amazing video Dan, let's hope it goes down soon x
Thanks Louise! Hopefully it’ll be a memory very soon. The forecast (😂 😱) says it’s going to be dry for the next 10 days. Tho it’s raining here now! Thanks for all the support in 2023!
Flood defences just push the problem downstream. The answer is to plant bushes on less useful farm land upstream to delay the water getting into the river.
Completely agree with this! Great comment 👍
It's been raining pretty much consistently in the South West since July
Hope it gets better for all of us, soon
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Is the Pub "The Boat House" flooded?
I don’t believe it got flooded recently
Good on ya Dan 👌I've seen higher 👌
Thanks Tim! Yes it’s definitely not the highest I’ve seen it (thankfully) 👍
I wish I was as high as that river!
What went wrong then? 😂👍
@@thirdratecontent585 skint til Friday!
The blossoming trees are cherry. Within recent memory I think the worst flooding in town was in 2001. Smithfield Road was badly wetted, the floating restaurant had an enormous willow tree fall on it. The new theatre didn't exist, Atlas Foundry got a bit soggy as did the Anchor pub ,Autotyres and all the way up Frankwell. Many areas of Abbey Foregate were a bit soggy too. And Marine Terrace unsurprisingly.
@@philhawley1219 Thanks Phil! I love those cherry trees!!
The floating restaurant was a Shrewsbury landmark. Yes 2001 must’ve been the worst! Flood defences and flood recoverable interiors, were not really a thing back then either. Thanks for the extra information 👍👍