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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 ...
In 2003 British Waterways announced its long-term aim to build the connection from the Grand Union at Milton Keynes to the River Great Ouse at Bedford in conjunction with a number of partner organisations. [3] The Trust has carried out design work on the project, funded through a £250,000 Lottery grant. [4]
In Shrewsbury, several residents were forced to leave their homes as a result of rising water levels on the River Severn at Welsh Bridge. [8] In Worcester, the city centre was partially affected by flooding. [9] Dunham Bridge, which carries the A57 over the River Trent, was closed to motorists for over a week. [10]
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.
The National Pest Technicians Association says rats and mice are seeking out drier, elevated areas such as homes and food businesses.
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 .
The multi-agency project is backed by West Norfolk Council, the King’s Lynn Internal Drainage Board (KLIDB), Anglian Water and Norfolk Rivers Trust, and can now go ahead after funding was secured.
Although it will not normally contain any water, in storm conditions where high water levels in the Ouse prevent the discharge of water from the Nar, the basin may be filled to a depth of up to 2.6 feet (0.79 m), and will drain back into the river once tide levels fall, normally after 5 to 6 hours. This work was completed in April 2011. [43]