Major incident declared by emergency services as they tackle 'severe flooding'

[@johnkitchener5647]

Building houses on flood plains is not a good idea. The clue is in the name, FLOOD plain!

[@mikewinston8709]

Manchester is NOT built on a flood plain. You’re obviously stupid….😂😂😂

[@johnhume4346]

These aren't flood plains, its the Mancester city conurbation.

[@musings6307]

people will always buy them

[@plentyofnothing]

​@johnhume4346 but before Manchester existed there would have been areas that flooded occasionally

[@johnhume4346]

@plentyofnothing 3 inches of rain fell in 12 hours. There's a small river near me thats maybe a foot deep, top of the bank is 12 - 15 ft above it. That river burst it's banks. The rivers are fed from the pennines.

[@7th.trumpet]

Im sure the shareholders at the sewage companies will fix this, by raising water rates and giving themselves a bonus 👍🏻

[@DuncanMcGugan]

rivers are the responsibilty of the environment agency not the water companies

[@Andy-wn6wm]

Another comment posted to derail the easily fooled amongst us away from the root cause of these disasters - the climate crisis. Obviously these homes weren't built on flood plains. 3 inches of rain is a hell of a lot given the time period.

[@mst2212]

Dont worry guys our water bills are going up cos the water companies are doing a great job.😂

[@BrianWillcox-qp2hr]

The water companies are supposed to be on top of this . Sack them all.

[@STEVES7EVE]

Amazing solution Brian here's a gold star, no go play with your toys

[@Andy-wn6wm]

@@BrianWillcox-qp2hr how are water companies supposed to reduce the impact of extreme weather fuelled by a warming atmosphere??

[@BrianWillcox-qp2hr]

@Andy-wn6wm That's their problem. They get paid enough.

[@Andy-wn6wm]

@@BrianWillcox-qp2hr I suspect given the amount of damage their customers have done to the planet, the investments needed to secure the future is vastly insufficient, shareholders or no shareholders.

[@STEVES7EVE]

@Andy-wn6wm atmosphere temperature changed are normal and isn't to blame for every issue us humans have.......

[@BeasleyStreet]

I see all the experts have gathered together to give there abundance of knowledge on the subject...

[@Explorations84]

Solution a ten year old could tell you and even experienced council staff when they learned that cost cutting was going to take place which included the regularity of clearing out the drains. Clean out the drains more regularly! I don't watch the news, have they mentioned global warming yet for drians not being kept clear and flood plains disappearing?

[@smithy3269]

And yet the water services just get away with it while dishing out huge bonuses and upping bills. Guess we are a bunch of saps

[@jonemerton1555]

Solution - clean out all the drains and gullies every few months. Dredge the canals and water ways and dig them deeper twice a year. Stop building houses on flood plains. Hoover up all the leaves as autumn approaches - they block the gulies and drains. Stop blaming climate change!!!! Please - just a thought ...............

[@TeeganPlayz_8903]

YES Good idea stop climate change and uk LISTEN TO THE UNITED NATIONS WARNING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE

[@uk-martin4905]

Quite right....climate change is a scam and is part of a plan devised years ago to control people and restrict their movements. There is proof of this. Mcr City Council rarely cleans out drains (we pay them to do this of course) and the flooding of my lane in M18 is a constant fear. The city council treats residents with contempt.

[@Theorangeman.]

I guess you haven't heard about geo engineering,they were out in force on monday

[@unionjack4345]

@@Theorangeman. spot on same in my area - WEATHER CONTROL equals people contol

[@barking_mad6649]

​@unionjack4345😂

[@brainbaskerville3341]

shareholders the biggiest crooks on the planet money for stting on there lazy bums

[@williamrobinson7435]

I am so sorry to hear of the floods in Manchester and Stockport. The communities have thier strength on thier side but this rainfall event is awful. Once you're sorted, have a Happy New Year all. ❤️✨🌟👍

[@RebeccaMassey-jj9cx]

New year New river.

[@MongoloidAlien]

😂

[@KippaxDan]

Love it!!!

[@ram64man]

Again flooded roads because the water companies refuse to do regular maintenance and cleaning including pipe work cleaning, technology has moved on and is entirely possible to use industrial cleaning automated methods , they are the first to complain about fat burgs so they should be forced to do rolling maintenance. It would help also identify and repair leaking pike works that still need fixing months even years after complaints

[@jimbothebull3563]

Its the fact they havent urgently dammed up the end of the canal before the breach.Looking like an absoulute shambles by the waterways ,councils and government .One end blocked up stops canal water getting lower so boats that are stranded can go back the other way. If it was going near an MPs house things would happen.I bet in times before modern technology it would be sorted by now.

[@user-sw8tq3br9m]

Those billions going to Ukraine and Isreal could really be used to help basic infrastructure here in the uk just a thought instead of war

[@lw1zfog]

‘rAciSt !!!’ 😂

[@user-sw8tq3br9m]

@ 🤣come with something better no one buys it

[@stephenbowker824]

Doesn’t help when peel holdings canal bursts. Peel Pay for it.

[@antonyberry1632]

Blocked drains the councils don't bother cleaning them out anymore

[@Andy-wn6wm]

Again, wrong. Heavy rain fuelled by warming falling in a short period.

[@CT-vm4gf]

You think a blocked drain would cause this? 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@DuncanWood-x1s]

Gary Neville has just said on his podcast that the Glaziers are to blame for this !!!

[@sarge4418]

Floody hell

[@RebeccaMassey-jj9cx]

Mint

[@RHR-221b]

*Knee deep in 'fallacious' SHITE.* Stay free, sarge. R 🍻😎

[@adrianaspalinky1986]

#ClimateChange

[@lw1zfog]

#NETZEROSCAM

[@djads-u8p]

Weather engineering at his best

[@gregc.5684]

Oh FFS. Give it a rest.

[@JJONNYREPP]

Major incident declared by emergency services as they tackle 'severe flooding' `352pm 1.1.25 bloomin 'eck!!!i think most folk will be welcoming the snow should it threaten to arrive...

[@worldgonemad1977]

Hmm. snow melts=more water

[@Mark-mu6bc]

Bridgewater canal collapsed because of flooding

[@Mark-mu6bc]

Dunham Massey

[@brendanstoran7555]

Anyone with an EV will have to scrap their cars unfortunately,

[@martinogold]

Why is that then? Come on, blow my mind...🙄

[@RHR-221b]

@@martinogold *Pollution?*

[@alland1241]

@@martinogold Have you ever tried drying out a submerged EV battery

[@brendanstoran7555]

@ with the flooding? Don’t they tend to burst into flames?

[@robertmaloney2255]

Time to start maintaining the rivers and waterways properly

[@astraenomine]

Wild what the English call severe.

[@andreahodgkinson886]

All by design. Look up folks! Geo engineering makes for a better climate? No but it has "their" desired objective :( When are we all going to wake up!

[@musings6307]

are you mad? cult, get some help

[@barking_mad6649]

You been on Facebook again Andrea? 😂 Thick as mince.

[@roseybeesley4110]

@@barking_mad6649 Mmmm barking mad says it all lol

[@gregc.5684]

Tin foil shortage is yr area!

[@lw1zfog]

the U.N. ENMOD CONVENTION was signed in 1976, & whilst its obviously a matter of personal choice to be a naive information poor individual in this day & age, that was forty some years ago, so at least try to keep up.

[@DavidSheriff-f7o]

Not really a flood, here in Brasil we had heavy rain last year, flooding 3 areas the size of Somerset, Devon and Cornwall..this is hardly newsworthy. Asia gets more than this every year..stop complaining....

[@drake128]

Hey ... least we all have new cycling lanes .

[@Anson-g5w]

We need more water

[@meanlean3095]

Dreading the river’s again would stop a lot of this…

[@musings6307]

not always. that is very simple

[@thegreycat2260]

The more houses we build, the bigger the sewers must be! That's the problem, we continue to build houses while using the same ones without replacing them, but of course that has a price! Without land, the water must go somewhere!

[@sharonwickens6921]

It's a water table always has been It's wet up there sxx bravo Juliett

[@michouharoliyk2050]

Dyche OUT Calvert-Statue-Lewin OUT

[@aliensstolemybeer5362]

More fake news, clickbait.

[@juliaperry2812]

you must be thick

[@fuccasound3897]

How is this fake?

[@aliensstolemybeer5362]

@fuccasound3897 where's the flooding of the river as mentioned? The flooding on the streets you saw were faked, as they were from the overflowing drains. They made it look worse than it actually was.

[@TeeganPlayz_8903]

Is literally fucking real bro.

[@LouFountaine]

Come and see for yourself then. Really enough where I am bear a major river. If you start thinking stuff lije this is fake then heaven help common sense