UK Weather: Warning Of Significant Flooding Along River Thames
The Huffington Post/PA | Posted: 10/02/2014 06:50 GMT
Thousands of homes along the River Thames have been told to prepare for “significant flooding”, as the number of severe flood warnings in the south of England swelled to 16.
Of the severe flood warnings, 14 relate to a lengthy stretch of the Thames through Oxfordshire and Surrey, and two remain in place in crisis-hit Somerset Levels.
The Environment Agency said the Thames warnings stretched “from Datchet to Shepperton Green, including Ham Court and Chertsey, as river levels in the area are extremely high and are forecast to continue to rise”.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said the areas are expected to suffer “significant” problems by the middle of the week.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/02/10/flood-warning-river-thames_n_4757899.html
River Thames Bursts Banks, Flooding Homes Near London
Flooding Follows Wettest January Since 1766
Updated Feb. 11, 2014 4:34 a.m. ET
LONDON—Hundreds of homes have flooded and hundreds more are at risk to the west of London after the River Thames burst its banks on Monday as England continued to suffer from one of the wettest winters in more than two centuries, authorities said.
With waters predicted to rise further this week, Prime Minister David Cameron said the government would do all it could to assist those affected as he visited flood-hit areas in the southwest of England.
However, his efforts to present a coordinated response were undermined after parts of the government blamed each other for not doing more to protect communities. The opposition Labour Party also accused the government of being slow to react.
The Environment Agency, which manages flood defenses, said England has had the wettest January since 1766 and is heading toward the wettest winter—defined as the months of December, January and February—in 250 years. Pete Fox, the agency’s National Duty Manager for Flooding, said southern England had suffered the wettest January on record with some places getting double the average rainfall.“Our very latest figures suggest that we’ve seen around 800 to 900 properties flooded since the end of last week,” he said in a briefing with reporters, according to a transcript provided by the government. “We are still looking and focusing our attention on the Thames.”
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英国南部で昨年末から荒天が続き、１月の降雨量は過去約２５０年間で最大を記録、各地で洪水が多発している。ロンドン中心部を流れるテムズ川の上流地域でも１１日までに、家屋の浸水被害が起きる事態となった。
英環境庁などによると、被害が最も大きい南部サマセット州などを中心に、過去１週間で住宅約千棟が浸水被害を受けた。死者は出ていないもようだが、交通網のまひで、病院通いや日々の買い物が困難になる住民が増えている。
キャメロン首相やクレッグ副首相は相次いで洪水地域を訪問し、対応を約束したが、長引く被害にいら立つ住民からは政府批判が強まっている。
http://www.chunichi.co.jp/s/article/2014021101002236.html
River Thames Breaches Its Banks Near London
公開日: 2014/02/10
Aerial images show scale of flooding as River Thames keeps rising – BBC News
公開日: 2014/02/10
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