They might be fed up and I deeply sympathise with people affected like this but they will either have to get used to it or move. The damage to the global climate is clear and obvious to all but the most ignorant - most likely including their MP (member of ERG and generally voted against lowering carbon emissions). People of Shrewsbury - get rid of him you morons. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...dents-frustrated-as-floods-grow-more-frequent
If you live next to a big river like the Severn you can expect annual flooding, no matter how many barriers they put up
Why don't they build more houses without ground floors? A lot of the new builds I've seen have garages underneath them in the larger developments. Why not all developments? Bungalows could come with a free snorkel and flippers.
What's happening on the river Severn is, along with the Ouse in York, one of the clearest illustrations of climate change there is. Floods like these used to happen once every 20 or 30 years, now they are becoming more and more frequent. Of course climate change isn't the only reason that these floods keep coming, there are also land management and land usage issues at play, not least of which is our seeming determination to tarmac and pave everywhere.
as a kid i can remember bentley, arksey and fishlake all flooding (i'm 65). my great grandparents lived in fishlake when it was nothing but a cluster of houses, they lived near the church in rose cottage, which was confusing to a nipper as they were called roe
One of the flooding issues in London was due to lawns being replaced for driveways, thus causing excess water to fill up the drainage system.
Look North earlier. Pictures of flooded fields and breached walls in Calderdale. Greetland? Looked like something from a disaster movie, yet guess what? Planning permission passed for 600 homes on it. Utter. Madness.
When I was Gloucester Red for many years the Severn Bore was an annual event for surfers, riding the waves rushing up the estuary from the Bristol Channel almost as far as Gloucester. Even when it hadn't been especially bad, rainfall-wise, the bore would often be quite high and certainly high enough for the wet suited thrill seekers. When things were bad the city would flood to some degree, certainly down in the docks area and that road that goes past the prison (I forget the name). One memorable year the flat lands to the west of the city were completely engulfed and the A40 Ross Road was cut off. The bigger problem though was that there was a large electricity sub-station alongside the road and the waters were threatening to wash over that. I think we just about avoided a massive power cut by inches - this must have been the late 1990s. It was forecast that thousands would have lost their power if that had flooded, adding to the chaos. The point is that things are just built in the wrong place sometimes - houses on flood plains everywhere being a modern example. Would I buy such a property? Not on your nelly! I always head for the high ground, wherever I happen to be. And that includes my Spanish property. That's on top of a modest hill and the annual downpour washes down that hill (usually around September) and gives houses a mile down below an unwanted garden swimming pool.
What's the river under the M5 heading north of Gloucester that is always bursting it's banks, has done for years? Just north of Tewkesbury, sailing(?)/caravan club on the right as you head north on motorway. Some land is just prone to flooding. Sometimes I wonder if it will rise up to meet the actual road, but I haven't seen it happen yet. Not saying it hasn't.
My family are from Tewkesbury, it used to flood at some point every winter,the difference now, both there and in Yorkshire is Summer flooding too.
