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The River Great Ouse (/ uː z / ooz) is a river in England, the longest of several British rivers called "Ouse". From Syresham in Northamptonshire , the Great Ouse flows through Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and Norfolk to drain into the Wash and the North Sea near Kings Lynn .
Aerial footage shared to Twitter on December 26 shows the extent of flooding from the River Great Ouse in Bedford, UK, as a result of Storm Bella.Emergency services rescued people from properties ...
The University of Cambridge rowing club has a boathouse on the bank of the river, and trains there for the annual Boat Race against the University of Oxford. [244] In 1944 and 2021, the Boat Race took place on a course on the Great Ouse on the outskirts of Ely, moved from the River Thames due to World War II and the COVID-19 pandemic, respectively.
The River Great Ouse burst its banks in St Ives, Cambridgeshire. [101] Flooding was also reported in Reading after the River Loddon burst its banks and the River Thames reached high levels. [99] Great Western Railway and South Western Railway services were suspended between Guildford and Godalming after a collapsed embankment blocked a tunnel ...
Littleport is a town in East Cambridgeshire, in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.It lies about 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Ely and 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Welney, on the Bedford Level South section of the River Great Ouse, close to Burnt Fen and Mare Fen.
The Cut-off Channel is a man-made waterway which runs along the eastern edge of the Fens in Norfolk and Suffolk, England.It was constructed in the 1950s and 1960s as part of flood defence measures, and carries the headwaters of the River Wissey, River Lark and River Little Ouse in times of flood, delivering them to Denver Sluice on the River Great Ouse.
As of Wednesday morning, the most recent update from the New Jersey Forest Fire Service says that the fire has burned 2,283 acres in New Jersey, about 3,500 overall, and is 30% contained. Wildfire ...
The river Great Ouse at St Ives flooded in 1947, and some parts suffered seriously again at Easter 1998 [8] and in January 2003. [9] Extensive flood protection works were carried out on both sides of the river in 2006-07 at a cost of nearly £9 million. 500 metres (1,600 ft) of brick-clad steel-piling was put into place to protect the town ...