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The Frankwell flood defences were completed in 2003, along with the new offices of Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council.Frankwell Flood Alleviation scheme [3] [7] "Slow the Flow" [8] The Quarry park is allowed to flood in preference to other real estate. Melverley is used as a controlled flood area; Response to PMQ [9] 2008 [10]
The Autumn of 2000 was the wettest recorded in the United Kingdom since records began in 1766. [3] [4] [5] Several regions of Atlantic Europe from France to Norway received double their average rainfall and there were severe floods and landslides in the southern Alps. [6]
Flooding in Shrewsbury (2000) From the late 1990s, the town experienced severe flooding problems from the Severn and Rea Brook . In the autumn of 2000 large swathes of the town were underwater, notably Frankwell , which flooded three times in six weeks. [ 102 ]
The chief executive of an agricultural showground said flooding is a "ticking time bomb" and called for more to be done to prevent it. Ian Bebbington said the West Mid Showground in Shrewsbury ...
[1] [2] When the River Severn floods in a severe way, such as in November 2000, the area around the Bagley Brook also floods (about 20 hectares (49 acres)). [ 3 ] In present times, the watercourse starts roughly where the Ellesmere Road (the A528 ) crosses the old course of the Severn, [ 4 ] and runs through the marshy area at first in a ...
Chris Allen, who lives in Shrewsbury, said he narrowly avoided “disaster” this week – but is worried floods could worsen in the future. Immediate action needed to halt flooding, say ...
The most severe cooling in the Northern Hemisphere in the last 2,000 years; likely caused crop failures and freezing for the Anglo-Saxons. [3] 10th century: Regular heatwaves: Extended droughts with regularity: also through the period summers lasted half a year and were often warm or very warm – some notably extreme summers. [4] 1014: Floods
A final photo has emerged of North Carolina grandparents on the roof of their home, surrounded by floodwaters, minutes before they drowned due to Hurricane Helene. Jessica Drye Turner’s family ...