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Almost 200 flood alerts and warnings have been issued across the UK as Storm Herminia continues to batter parts of the country.. There were 30 flood warnings, where flooding is expects and a ...
Flash flooding from Storm Bronagh in Sheffield on 20 September 2018. This is a list of floods in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Background Sheffield is located on the confluence of five major rivers (Don, Porter, Loxley, Rivelin, and the Sheaf), and is nestled in several hills. As a result, it is prone to flooding. 1864: A newly built dam, at Low Bradfield on the River Loxley, broke ...
Storm Babet is battering the UK today (Friday) as the country is put on high alert. Footage captured from around Britain shows sea waves lashing coastal towns, rivers bursting banks and railway ...
The city of Sheffield, England was impacted by a major failure of the local natural gas supply network in December 2022, [1] resulting in a loss of central heating and gas stove availability to more than 3,000 properties in the northwestern suburbs of the city. [2]
The Great Sheffield Flood was a flood that devastated parts of Sheffield, England, on 11 March 1864, when the Dale Dyke Dam broke as its reservoir was being filled for the first time. At least 240 people died [ 1 ] and more than 600 houses were damaged or destroyed by the flood.
The 2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods had brought severe flooding to the Somerset Levels. During December 2013 and January 2014 heavy rainfall led to extensive flooding on the Somerset Levels with over 600 houses and 17,000 acres (6,900 ha) of agricultural land, including North Moor , Curry and Hay Moors and Greylake , affected.
On 7 November flooding at Denby Dale resulted in trains being unable to run between Huddersfield and Sheffield via Penistone. [12] On 14 November train services between Sheffield and Worksop were cancelled because of floods as was the East Midlands Trains service from Sheffield to London St Pancras via the Midland Main Line .
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