Flood warnings after heavy rain hits the UK

Flood warnings remain in place across the UK with a month's worth of rain predicted to fall in 24 hours.
Forecasters are warning of lightning, flooding, difficult driving conditions and delays on public transport.
Bedfordshire has been hit hard, with parts of the county submerged underwater.
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[@keironstoneman6938]

Councils: Clear the bloody drains!

[@Azureecosse]

half the drains are collapsed deep underground my good friend is a civil engineer he has told me many times that if the public knew the state of the infrastructure beneath their feet they would demand a refund on their council tax for the last ten years the simple answer is new homes are being build but the inadequate drainage systems are not being improved or maintained to cope with the extra demand, roads and pathways speed up the flooding the street drains are overwhelmed by the sudden surge of water from the run off and the system does not have the capacity to cope so drains back up and overflow and some collapse because the pressure washes them out, not helped at this time of the year by leaves falling from the trees and adding to the clog, local councils allow private developers to build housing estates they only build the drainage systems for the estate out with that zone the developers don't care. I live on an avenue flanked with Oak and Ash trees the leaves cover the street like snow, the council don't bother their backside to clean it up until someone complains or it floods, last winter our residents association grouped together to clean up our own street we swept up the leaves and bagged them at the end of the street we informed the council to uplift it, we have not had any floods this year thankfully, unfortunately we are all on our own because the council say they are cash strapped yet the councillors always manage to pay themselves handsome bonuses..

[@gamingtonight1526]

1 month's of rain in 8 hours, the cleanest drains in the world couldn't handle that!

[@AdRo1984]

​@@AzureecosseAlleluia!

[@jasonallen6081]

The land has been changed to drain quickly. We are often overwhelmed by water now. There is nowhere for it to go.

[@WoodyWandererUK]

It's not the drains it's the concrete

[@spursgirl5]

What do they expect. They build on flood plains, taken away the gutters in the road, don't clear drains and they've taken out hedges and ditches etc.

[@tentringer4065]

A month's rain in 24 hours.

[@andyfung99]

@@tentringer4065 Oh dear!

[@kenwilliams7597]

Always check for flood risk when buying a house.

[@fuzzilu]

They're building on flood plains now 😢 no common sense. Rivers need more dredging, and new drainage installed.

[@YllaStar95970]

Legally expires after only 20 years.

[@ArianneAvalon]

Especially a new build built on a flood plain.

[@londoninvestortips]

Yeah true also check what covered for on insurance policy

[@wirplit]

So many of the houses shown are new. A crime to allow houses to be built without special flood defences on flood plains

[@OP-AGRI]

yea so true and the reason flooding has got worse is because there using flood plains to build houses and warehouses giving the water no where to go

[@Elbufeira-wh6li]

They build houses in places where rain usually floods , councils happy to hand big house builders contracts without much research

[@RD-vf6nx]

So stupid reporting standing in water for dramatic effect.

[@weepz]

💯

[@stevendavis2122]

The reporters will be wearing a snorkel next 😩

[@goldieandblackie]

Don't forget to add in the Black angle to balance standing in water.

[@akadare1]

for years that's what I have seen reporters do, stand in water for exactly that reason. Stupid or not its effective

[@ralphperez4360]

Agreed. Im from Florida. That’s a big No No for multiple health and safety reasons

[@AaRr-bn3xx]

The Government says we need to build more homes... But where ?? Half the Country is under water !!

[@cleverclogs2244]

We have a raised flat area that was a WWII aerodrome next to our town, but it is 'green belt', so all of the new building is on the flood plain - it's crazy!

[@daddydayne]

It seriously happens EVERY SINGLE YEAR!!!!! how many times do these people think we forget lol 😂

[@unknownunknown2576]

If the rain was expected to be so heavy then why didnt they do something before?

[@stephanielloyd4053]

I laugh at the fools who have just bought a new house near my village in an area that floods every year! Stop building on our flood plains! Clear the drains!

[@Sticksitincrazy]

Same thing here, there is a stretch of road next to a stream and flood plain that gets cut off in every direction due to flooding every single year, stream hasn't been dredged in 20 years because the council says the floodplain it passes through is a wildlife habitat and won't touch it for environmental reasons, what they have done however is add 2 new build sites for new housing, the latest one is directly on top of the section that gets flooded the worst. The new houses built a few years ago on the other side of this floodplain were also under water last year.

[@raalaa121]

I saw residents with shovels removing leaves from the drains on their roads ... where's the council ? what are we paying council tax for ?

[@NicholasVoniatis]

Totally agree - The other question is, will the council take responsibilities for their failures? I think we all know the answer to that, because they're about as trustworthy as a labour MP

[@icc64]

For stupid projects and wasting huge millions 😢

[@hillbillymal9351]

If the drainage was cleaned out and maintained this wouldn't be happening,

[@JohnJones-cp4wh]

EU rules, innit.

[@hgv1883]

Rubbish

[@RogerMellie-yk3gw]

It would. It's the amount of rain, not blocked drains

[@goldieandblackie]

Some newish houses built on a flood plain by any chance!

[@50sense50]

Billions sent to foreign countries for climate aid yet our infrastructure is dismal

[@RubenWalsh-iv5ik]

Here we go again....

[@matthewbaker2573]

we did spend several hundred years robbing them - which is the only reason we have this life here, and they don't

[@davestar4718]

I didnt rob anything pal​@@matthewbaker2573

[@parthn-musicforwork4789]

@@matthewbaker2573what life? lol

[@Elbufeira-wh6li]

Lmao they have the reporter stood in the water 😂😂

[@thebishopelect]

Shemaan Buzzard?

[@olavofernandes7286]

Bwhahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jimjiminy5836]

What?

[@fnma21]

Drama 😂😂

[@NicholasVoniatis]

They did that to style it, in order to alleviate the responsibility from the local councils

[@cobrasvenom1954]

I live in Leighton buzzard a lot of the new houses have been built on the flood plain only a fool would buy one there

[@fuzzilu]

They did the same in Milton Keynes too, built on floodplains.

[@BlatentlyFakeName]

Yep same in Bedford. They have built over the north side of the River Ouse where it curves around between the North tip of Kempston and the A6, which is a huge flood plain. And why nothing has been built on it, ever. It has already flooded twice since they built them. The council knew it but they approved them anyway. Absolute morons (or more likely, corrupt). It floods on the south side as well, but the much older estate on the Kempston side is uphill.

[@soniaclarke1171]

Was it really necessary for her to stand in the water????

[@susancerezo401]

wWhy worry about details like that

[@stevendavis2122]

It’s just an idea, but, have the authorities tried cleaning the drains😬

[@roncatton7101]

We knpw that answer!

[@hgv1883]

It's more than just cleaning a drain

[@stevendavis2122]

@@hgv1883 Enlighten me.

[@alistairbeveridge2753]

@@hgv1883. That’s true, it’s dredging canals and waterways that are silted , it’s replacing/ renewing infrastructure that’s crumbling, the skills and technology required simply aren’t there, the victorians faced similar problems back in the day , they managed somehow to work around the problems, but they weren’t trying to push a climate change agenda back then, the people today just accept it , there’s nothing we can do at this point , I suppose it’s devolution in our species 🤷‍♂️🤜🤛 .

[@Mazza-wl6ct]

Blocked drains are very much a part of the flooding ...where I live the drains haven't been cleaned for months...so the water lays on top and spreads across the roads it's scary I have water inches away from my front door and the rain is bashing down in torrents again 😢

[@suidelikeson21]

Clear the bloody drains! What does my council tax pay for?!

[@tentringer4065]

A month's raining in 24 hours. Extreme weather events are unpredictable and, sadly, will be one more frequent.

[@ianlloyd-ri5cg]

Exactly standard dont build for such down pours.​@@tentringer4065

[@jasonlightbody5356]

All your taxes pay for illegal imagrints and I think rishys mates are still getting quite a bit too.

[@lightintheshadows2023]

How long before Meghan is blamed 😂

[@Spencerlayne]

😂😂😂

[@christopherbentley7289]

If there are enough 'name-able' storms this time around she might be if the 'M' is Meghan.

[@ewilliams-x7v]

Bedfordshire & Milton Keynes councils keep allowing big developers to build on flood planes !!! So its happening more and more often A421 closed massive floods

[@ClayTomlinson]

I always buy a house on a hill, rule of thumb

[@sheilamallett2741]

Rain has been known to wash houses downhill.

[@ClayTomlinson]

@@sheilamallett2741 And a lanslde brought me down, oh, mirror in the sky, ..what is love

[@ClayTomlinson]

@@sheilamallett2741 I'd probably do a geology inspection, oh OK, it's not a sand hill, great, I'll build my castle..there

[@MeowYin74]

Think the most stupid reporting I've seen like that is on the BBC. Reporter in wellies past his knees, on a dry road " well, there's no flooding yet"

[@polly6336]

Not surprising, it was absolutely pishing it down all night in London. Surprised we're not flooded here. Last time that happened, damage to properties meant that water supply was turned off for dozens of households for days. Hope the clean up is relatively straight forward for those affected.

[@michaelkelly9545]

8 billion for illegals though

[@roncatton7101]

Well they 'are' used to water!

[@michaelkelly9545]

@@roncatton7101 only in the water 10 mins before the French take them to British waters. Pitty the French can’t take them back to their land for safety. That would be foolish of them

[@lynnfern2116]

Unfortunately, this is frequently the result of building on flood plains...

[@Storminateacup85]

EV could be wonderful in these flooded areas? One thing is they wouldn’t burst into flames. 😂😂😂

[@lindsaysmith7825]

Read Dickens - nothing new about torrential rain in UK

[@AdamGar-gy1hs]

Not exactly waterworld now is it - doesn't compare with other areas globally. This is Nature - I'm amazed that people believe they can control weather!

[@MarkyBoy-z5w]

Yeah, all those contrails are completely normal.

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

@MarkyBoy-z5w Splendid tin foil hat.

[@roncatton7101]

Me also..🤣🤣

[@RichardGray-p3u]

I blame Starmer two tier weather 💔🇬🇧

[@Itsonlymeee1]

In 20 years living in my home, I have never seen a road sweeper come down my street. Never seen a drain cleaning lorry, never seen any maintenance at all. It’s just poor preparation by councils. It always rains heavy end of summer/autumn

[@brianfreeman8290]

Just keep building housing estates and shopping malls.

[@roncatton7101]

Didn't even realize summer had been?

[@lookwaticando909]

The end is near

[@tokity851]

[@Nathan-be6gg]

Let’s hope so….

[@wildandbarefoot]

Traditionally it's "nigh" .

[@berserkirclaws107]

😂😂😂 She don't NEED to stand there in the water, in the next images 1:43 we can clearly see a pavement an a grassy area. So stop taking us for a fool and report facts. What next your reporters will sit in a puddle and pretend it's the apocalypse!

[@icc64]

😂😂😂 maybe

[@lordveteran9126]

It's great seeing all that privatisation and investment paying off.....oh ...wait....🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@petercampbell8694]

If your insurance says your not covered by flooding means the area is prone to flooding....then move! 🧐

[@martinc3918]

Who's going to buy your house if they can't get flood insurance?

[@grandaddyoe1434]

@@martinc3918 A mug ?

[@petercampbell8694]

@@martinc3918 then don’t buy a house in a flood-prone area 🧐

[@martinc3918]

@@petercampbell8694 The house may not have been in a flood prone area when it was originally purchased. The property may have been subject to surface water flooding which until very recently has not been modelled.

[@greasby1golf871]

"Can't park there mate"

[@robertskolimowski7049]

Kudos to the rescuers🙏

[@jackspring7709]

Oh no! It's going to rain. In Autumn. In Britain. Oh, the humanity!

[@JTV84]

even the cows got their feet wet. crazy times!

[@kirkroberts3795]

This is nothing of which is to come

[@Matt-nj8we]

I agree but people are too oblivious or lack the iq to understand. Many don't care because it has no interference with their life, but one day it will. I just hope it's not too late before we realise.

[@Tan92lfc]

Britain is like travelling back in time to 1940s

[@Cody-zd2ye]

The. CAr submerged because drainage maintenance has not been carried out none of this needs to be happening.last year an elderly couple drowned in their car under a bridge in Liverpool instead of fixing the drain ie unblocking they closed the road. I bet there are engineers screaming solutions at the screens.its so sad and unnecessary

[@fuzzilu]

What's really sad is 4,500 yes ago a very ancient city had a flood device to divert waters to their crops. 4,500 years ago !!!! Another Indian village had ruts in the town that diverted the water, been like it for centuries. Modern drainage was installed, the town flooded 😅 maintenance and good engineering is key.

[@KaterinaCe]

I’d suggest looking up into El Niño event, that has huge effect on weather globally, not many people know. Currently Colombian people have terrible drought and their water supply is rationed.

[@chasrand5913]

Same is happening all over the World. Floods in the USA, also in parts of Japan.

[@BlackGriffin195]

Why does the reporter stand in the water looking stupid. Is it to portray empathy. MSM just gets worse.

[@TheJunedale]

Building on flood plains. Not a good idea.

[@joshuakampamba9061]

Oh God 🙏 it is Zambia 🇿🇲 that needs that rain. Our dams have ran out of water and we don't have electric power here

[@paski5113]

One way to deal with this problem is to send money to Ukraine

[@edwarda5584]

😂😂

[@AkramSaeed-qr7td]

﴿فَإِنَّ لِلَّذينَ ظَلَموا ذَنوبًا مِثلَ ذَنوبِ أَصحابِهِم فَلا يَستَعجِلونِ﴾

[@Veran1337]

Every yeah it rains and every year places like this flood! So…why do people act surprised or think its unavoidable! Seriously at this point sue the council! Its their job to ensure the drains are sufficient, and they should be liable for any damage to private properties!

[@NcboreasVapes]

Piss poor drainage systems. What are we paying a council tax for?

[@ianlloyd-ri5cg]

It's no way the council tax for the country would pay for a drainage network through out the country to withstand that storm.

[@icc64]

For stupid projects and works that never end 😢

[@edwarda5584]

Effects of climate change

[@stevendavis2122]

@@edwarda5584 😂😂😂

[@susancerezo401]

Absolutely....and it will get much worse. .....and it is happening all over the world. Climate scientists h😂ave been warning us for decades....We never listen though. Even though we have all the answers. why do humans NEVER LISTEN ?

[@LindenButters]

The silted up rivers are also in need of deepening, ditches need reinstating and canals and drains dredging. I also think clogged up drains pose a weakness, though wonder if they are not so much blocked as suffering from backflow.

[@proffessorclueless]

Guess this means more raw sewage being pumped into the environment.

[@makaveliddon]

More beavers around the country perhaps?

[@filipbaginski638]

I totally agree, but they keep shaving these

[@realvoicever]

What ever happens in the UK, the FM promised £3B every year to Ukraine until the war ends. So let’s all swim here in this mess.

[@lindaarthur8385]

What are we being fair about? Why do people start a sentence with "to be fair"?

[@ianlloyd-ri5cg]

To be fair, I'm unsure?

[@anthonysanchez8954]

Same old story the water company's should do something about it ASAP they are useless here in england

[@Patricia-sw3ek]

Here in Scotland we’ve had a week of beautiful sunshine 🌞

[@denisepurcell4031]

Good to hear, I have good friends travelling around Scotland 😊

[@andrewsmith3344]

Shouldn't have been built on the flood plain!

[@MarkyBoy-z5w]

Chemtrails are not real. Just like "safe and effective" I think.

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

Splendid tin foil hat.

[@davesbainrps6909]

Poor engineering

[@catherinetester8365]

I've lived in several of the towns mentioned in this video. My heart goes out to all those poor people having their homes flood. I would rather my house burned down than flood. I now live in the desert in another country. I lived in that area for 38 years and this never happened. Poor planning and management of remediation.

[@Lee-wv8vn]

It's Starmers fault ( probably)

[@UltraPerception]

Alot of ground water here going untapped. Not enough education on the method of making use of it

[@graphdatascientist]

who will cover the cost?? not me

[@Altair885]

Drains have little to do with this problem, water can't flow up hill. It's the housing developers and planning authorities that are the problem letting these building practises continue!

[@joshuakampamba9061]

Sorry to all those that have lost property due to these floods... I know the experience

[@hansvdwater3746]

WHY can't they manage water in the UK?

[@WoodyWandererUK]

They're gonna build a massive universal studios right next to that road. Flooding serves them right

[@steventhomas8514]

Oh no we lay nice waterproof tarmac and concrete massive areas of lovely absorbent fields,build houses on flood plains and be all surprised when it floods, cut all the trees and bushes down increasing chance of floods as the water is then flowing too fast to soak into the ground. The dams are too full of sediment build up so they can’t store as much water before having to discharge it.

[@tonysolley9074]

Sly News

[@armada63..youknow...51]

Surprised the government aren't taxing on flooding..

[@sandraoneill4431]

Mainly new houses built on flood planes

[@axoscurry.]

i would not buy a house on any flood-plain..... not if it was selling for.....£50

[@roncatton7101]

Need to start building my Ark..put it off long enough now i reckon!

[@PaulMoore1996]

VOTE REFORM UK 🇬🇧

[@bitcoincryptofreedom3652]

I did.

[@LukeDavidson-wx7py]

Please don't. They couldn't think their way out of a sandbag.

[@tentringer4065]

Be a good serf and vote for your stockbroker betters in Reform.

[@SJG-nr8uj]

Building on flood plains?

[@timrowley4274]

Lets film in the only large puddle in the area hahaha

[@MORRIS-n5x]

Looks like she is about to burst into tears.

[@AnnHollowell-l1v]

Stop manipulating the weather

[@MichaelGeorge161]

Trails are getting worse by the day

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

Two more splendid tin foil hats.

[@MyKharli]

This is nothing to what's coming via our total inaction on ghg emissions via fossil fuel use , now both at record levels after over three decades of dire warnings .

[@please-wake-up-now]

Man, it’s wild how weather can just flip the script so fast! 🌧️ It's like we need a rain dance to bring back some sunshine. And yeah, those drains really need a wake-up call, lol! 😂 Stay safe everyone! 🌊

[@cobralord4279]

Joke of a summer then we get this, never seen it so dismal

[@londoninvestortips]

Starmer’s though for not protecting Britain

[@carolined5923]

This is the type of flooding we see in developing countries, India comes to mind. This is the UK many councils are not maintaining areas saving money, they should all be sacked for neglecting their duties.

[@soulstep967]

We have floods like every year. What’s been done. Well we got bike lanes. Cool.

[@kevine7414]

Saw a postie there - typical Royal Mail sending postman out in crazy weather, storms, floods and heatwaves then pretending to care about Health & Safety!

[@glynn_shady6619]

Breaking news. Autumn is upon us.

[@benjaminleo7011]

Insurance is a scam 😊

[@PleiadesImprezaT2000AWD-l4l]

Only makes the news once it affects the home counties.

[@LindenButters]

I think the water table is up and this impacts on drainage.

[@MrGillystar]

Hope I don't need to get the big umbrella out

[@codswallop164]

Not a good idea putting Shanmaan in the flood water..... Her people are notoriously bad swimmers.

[@dWFnZWVr]

Thumbnail’s a bit dramatic 😂

[@olavofernandes7286]

Ford monde wanted to be a submarine 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@drewdam8871]

Autumn is not the answer. What the media are not talking about is the fact that Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption added fourteen percent more global-warming water vapour into the atmosphere and with the jetstreams all over the place, because other reasons that I will leave out, the mixed-up precipitation patterns are dumping large amounts all at once, what else can one expect but the extra water vapour to pour down in a biblical fashion...

[@bezza4271]

Hunga Tonga eruption was is 2022, how do explain everything before this ?

[@krystianratka5721]

3 days Rain problem

[@krystianratka5721]

England is concrete

[@matthewbaker2573]

we can transport oil across countries, why can't we do it with water? i get there would be a massive expense, but how much would it save long term? could pump it to the driest parts of africa to store in reservoirs and take percentage of food growth

[@zebbieloo7409]

Defund councils

[@ingodwetrustdellaware-inc8322]

POOR UK 🇬🇧 THE LEAST ISSUES UK HAVE IS THESE LITTLE RAIN 🌧 🙄