River Thames in Flood, Reading and Henley, 7 January 2024 (4K)

[@johnhagen31]

Very good filming, thank you. I've visited Henley several times when the Thames has been in flood and honestly, it can be quite scary. The power of that much rapidly moving water is impactful. Excellent bit of work here!

[@fishypie]

dont worry come july when we have 2 weeks of no rain there will be a hose pipe ban

[@nickyd922]

Wetter winters and drier summer's. The penny is dropping?

[@MrJohnmiller141]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@mummyd1990]

😄😄😄😅😅😅😆😆😆😁

[@APBinVTA]

...and I thought the hose ban was a California thing! Thanks for sharing!

[@johnstar7254]

Yes it will be the wrong type of rain water LOL

[@UbiquitousBooks]

Thanks for posting. The clip at 2:50 was pretty much taken from the front doorstep of the house we used to rent in Caversham. In a decade there we never saw it this bad.

[@EchayumKochum]

Thank you so much.. very detailed clean shots. Love the angles and cuts

[@areyouserious3092]

A nice proper video about how the floods have effected the Thames. No main stream media outlet has come close. I now know more about whats happened now from watching you coverage thank you .

[@stevep9041]

It’s wet right across Australia as well. They told us it was going to be the driest summer on record, but I can’t remember it being this wet in summer… ever.

[@1738Creations]

Almost like it's all lies to push an agenda!

[@howaboutthese]

Thanks for posting, I live on the river in Oxford, the water levels here are only now starting to go down slightly..... So Reading will be a little while later. The grey narrow boat and the big white cruiser stuck at the bridge look worrying... I hope they manage to rescue their boats before they get any worse. These floods weren't caused by prolonged rain, a couple of very heavy nights of rain was all it took. The guy chatting at the end with the waders is set up to cope with it.

[@hazelnut9383]

Thanks, a nicely done video. I live 5 minutes walk from the river in Caversham, uphill thankfully.

[@christopherburson2465]

Really nicely shot and composed video, thanks for sharing it.

[@nocopj]

Too high a level is the background noise😢

[@Millerbike01]

@@nocopj That is true, the audio isn't as good as I'd like, although there are reasons for that mainly to do with me having been freezing and in a hurry 🙂

[@peterclark1041]

1947 Upper Thames floods …. Remember them as a kid…..and the snow…..still walked 4 miles to school ; mind you it taught me to always try and live well above the historic flood levels . Luckily I cannot afford to live on the river now!!

[@expatmoose]

2:30 I love that the swans have their signals on when swimming

[@HuSiaCat]

There's nothing as civilised and peaceful, as an English flood. Old man with bike, birds singing, ducks and carp enjoying the precinct...

[@mickmacgonigle5021]

The situation remains fluid

[@franktuckwell196]

Nothing to do with centuries of building on the flood plain then?

[@ChrisEvans-sy5me]

Used to flood every year in the 60’s and 70’s so nothings changed there then.

[@MsPinkwolf]

Yes, that's why the Thames barrier was built. This is happening despite the barrier being there.

[@Mrmaddog]

@@MsPinkwolf because councils have allowed building on flood plains and now the water has to go somewhere else.. dredging the streams and rivers so the water could actually get away might be an idea that the environmental agency hasn't thought of yet as well...

[@MsPinkwolf]

@@Mrmaddog thanks Mr Expert

[@Mrmaddog]

@@MsPinkwolf your welcome...anything else that's bloody obvious you want me to tell you about then let me know

[@bobshuwab1988]

That's right, nothing has changed since the 60s&70's, nothing at all. NOTHING. Well observed.

[@baysideharpy8350]

This is not particularly unusual. The Thames floods regularly and so do towns in the Thames Valley. If you are foolish enough to live in a house on the flood plain (so named for a reason) then don’t complain when this happens.

[@ruthcollins2841]

Those who buy homes near any form of water should have proper surveys taken to show how often that area has flooded - or ask the neighbours.

[@sarahreid48]

AGREE, just looked it up. The Dreaded Google / Quote: Historically, the major floods in the upper Thames watershed have occurred from January to April; however, flooding is possible at any time of the year. More recent floods include March 1977, September 1986, July 2000, April 2008, December 2008, and February 2018.

[@MsPinkwolf]

Blah blah blah flood plain blah blah blah

[@PennyBluebottle]

Oh how interesting. I thought they were going to blame it on climate change.

[@janheard3826]

Try to be nice…maybe it’s hard to sell a house near a river. Put yourself in other people’s position before you call anyone ‘foolish’.

[@lgparker4726]

It's times like this I'm pleased I live on top of hill!

[@norestforthewicked2193]

And next up the droughts and water shortages

[@iwearLingerie]

Nature BabYyyyyYyyy

[@norestforthewicked2193]

@@iwearLingerie 💯👍agree

[@johngibson3837]

Had a pleasant time on caversham bridge on way home from reading rock the balcony bit overlooked the river but it wasn't that full

[@dennislane100]

Wonder how David Gilmour’s recording studio is faring? Hope he’s got it on a spring mooring,with water levels as high as this!

[@patricksmart5673]

Most people seemed to enjoy it. It brought the communities together. No horses on rooftops here.

[@OlafProt]

Reminds of the terrifying public information film about the Thames flooding and a child’s doll floating past. It’s a powerful tidal river, that isn’t to be messed with.

[@TheJon2442]

Nothing to do with concreting every where!

[@suzieb8366]

Thames barrier isnt working then?

[@traceyeley65]

Where the Thames Flood Gates Closed??

[@susanellis1994]

The mudlarkers will be excited when the water recedes. The treasures they will find. Post please. Or is the Thames going to reroute itself? Any water at the Palace Gates?

[@justinmorgan2126]

Yeah, a million cigarette butts and a dozen paint spray cans judging by the locale...

[@justinlinnane8043]

is sunbury flooded ?

[@julesfb2007]

France have declared a state of emergency in some flooded areas. German has pumps working and sandbags delivered to help residential areas. I haven’t seen any sandbags or temporary barriers used in any of the UK reports this week along the worst affected rivers in towns and villages.

[@joel_vibert]

at 2:47 you can see sandbags

[@Watsupwiya]

Ducks are lovin' it

[@blacksquirrel4008]

Sorry, but even your floods seem better mannered than ours. In the US there would be trailer homes floating by with people on the roofs.

[@sleekitwan]

I hate to say this, but cue the Prime Minister visiting. Disasters have to fit a certain criteria for this to occur, and Henley really, really fits the requirements, for example. But I can safely predict he’s unlikely to arrive by boat, unless he really wants to draw attention to the issue! Wish everyone there well, in Reading and Henley, flooding is almost impossible for individuals to fight against in an urban environment. Many of our houses are joined-together as semis, town houses, terraced, etc. Unless the entire street is protected, that water just comes in from everyone’s next door neighbour. There are some places - I am thinking Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire for example - where old housing stock is the entire character of the place. All you can do, is the ‘Miami’ trick, of turning downstairs into a garage/car port, and never use it for normal living. Your 3-bed home becomes a small apartment, but you are safe from floods, apart from your car, which of course, brings us onto insurance of all types. Our policies for the cars have shot up, despite us not changing circumstances much. I think charging more for home insurance is too ‘on the nose’ and a bit obvious, so they’re going to hit drivers for the money, and cross-subsidise, is my thought? Good luck, take care. From my own experience, in Ayrshire, a localised flooding issue hit us despite being on a hill 100 feet above the river’s worst flooding. Our home was curved around, and virtually unaffected by the water, but the lockup garage was 5 feet deep. I saved the cars by running out and driving them to higher ground. My point though, is the whole business happens FAST, and it’s unusual enough so people don;t really know what they are doing…case in point, lady appears in my rear-view mirror as I have slammed the Passat estate into reverse. I am shouting various expletives, and wondering WTF. She seemed to be stupidly just standing there, tugging at something behind my car. It turned out to be a wheelie bin. Now, normally a wheelie bin is not a heavy object, but…checking the volume now online…they hold about 240 litres, that’s the middle one, the ‘normal’ size. You will all mostly know, one litre is one kilogram. So 240 litres, is a quarter of a tonne, or the same weight as a huge BMW 1000cc motorcycle I used to have. I am not small, and tipped it over in a car park once. Had to ask two guys in a van for help getting it upright. They said they would, as soon as they stopped laughing. That lady, was never going to move that wheelie bin in a safe timescale let alone one letting me drive out in 10 seconds flat. After what seemed forever, but was maybe two rounds of me shouting ‘go away’ or similar through the windows, she budged, minus the wheelie bin, and I drove the Passat out backwards , the water was already 5 inches higher than when I jumped in. And you never get away with it. I thought the next day, I’d just check the cars were actually dry…the Passat seemed alright, but the little Clio I moved first, had a damp carpet. No biggie, but it was a close thing. My wellies were full by the time I got in the second vehicle. I was angry at my daughters, that I left upstairs, and said ‘tell me if the water gets to the top of the grass’. I came up to check on them, and in fact, complained to them they had failed to alert me - but really, the water had gone from the bottom of the grass to the top, in the time it took me to climb the stairs. So it happens rapidly. Children had also gathered and were laughing and pointing. I later explained to them the concept of schadenfreude, after I moved the cars. Told them, see how it is when you have to do something under the laughter of a bunch of morons (they were on a sort of causeway, above the flooding). People like that lady have no clue about the danger and difficulty they will face, trying to move a quarter-tonne wheelie bin. Why she chose that moment, I have no idea. She wasn’t there when I ran to the car. She must have sprjnted from her home, 5 doors up the street. I think she thought she was helping. And that’s another thing. Be very careful about helping people. The dangers are unseen, and like with that lady, may not be viewed as a danger at all. Take care. Good luck in 2024. The fix of this, is probably a trillion-pound project, including massive investment in the waterworks. If you want to get really depressed, check out the video of German floods…just look at the clarity of the water. It’s not at all bad, you can see tree roots under the water, road markings, etc. Compare that with the effluent we have. This has been going on, since the late 1980’s at least. As I say, good luck.

[@roygreenwood79]

What do people expect, with ever increasing urbanisation,less and less fields and even lawns now ,all rain water instead of seeping slowly into the ground goes straight into the un- looked after waterways, then when we have a wet summer and winter this sort of thing will happen 🤔

[@virginiakirkupscrolltoto7794]

I wonder how many boats have been damaged this winter throughout UK ?

[@johnnyveganite9141]

8 billion humans and rising, expect more extreme weather

[@jamesmason8944]

Do the barriers aggravate the flooding up river.?

[@johnruddick686]

No

[@boneysworld]

And the government has cut the dredging budget!

[@daveash9572]

Don't suppose you know the state of Hangar Lane in Theale and the roads near the fox and hounds?

[@franktheman963]

Come down south more keynsham BRISTOL most of the Business.s lost everything but no one helps and never has

[@MH-zq4nl]

Strange how they know exactly what will happen without net zero within a decade but they can’t predict the weather accurately even one year in advance. If they could, surely they would have prepared for it.

[@petersanders2815]

Scientists have been telling us to prepare for this for 50 years but no one’s listened. What are you talking about?

[@MyKharli]

One`s weather one`s climate . Climate affects the weather .

[@ManLikePaul1]

We need Post 10!

[@billwilson1320]

Tip. Don't buy a house next to a river...obviously!

[@johnbev2336]

Why can’t political leaders understand what they learnt in the class room, slow moving rivers deposit silt, dredging is the only way out. Putting money in any other way is a waste.

[@aa.6976]

its by design people....

[@georgianadarcy9072]

Well, iyt's not the first and the last time! Taxes are more important and immigration.

[@50mi55ile]

Carry on building new big housing estates on flood lands not to mention the big warehouses with acres of concrete for truck / car park it’s obvious that water has no natural soak away and flooding is the result

[@sarahreid48]

Just looking up when the last flooding occurred - "Historically, the major floods in the upper Thames watershed have occurred from January to April; however, flooding is possible at any time of the year. More recent floods include March 1977, September 1986, July 2000, April 2008, December 2008, and February 2018". NOTHING TO PANIC ABOUT - JUS USUAL CLIMATE ALTERATIONS.

[@vernongoodey5096]

Back in the 1960s I lived in Winnersh my Dad was working in Chinnor had to drive all around Berkshire to avoid the flooding at Wargrave so like you say nothing changes. In fact the River Loddon would also flood onto what is now the Lower Earley housing estate (take note all who live there) this was stopped by Wokingham Council paying large sums of money to avoid. The old nightclub at Sindlesham Mill used to take a battering as well!

[@junehunt7764]

Bet they dont let floods in the London part of

[@juniorbramble7760]

DRY SUMMERS We complain, WET WINTERS we continue. Mother NATURE isn't a C.ROWD PLEASER...✍🏿🇻🇨🇬🇧

[@MikeH-sg2ue]

Sadly, this is the new normal! Our rivers here in Canada, are doing the same type of flooding! Long droughts, & then heavy rain, don’t go well together! We have to change so many of our ways! Stay safe folks!

[@sarahreid48]

It's nothing unusual - floods happen and in Canada it's the same as anywhere else. Get Real.

[@brandspro]

This is NOT the “new normal”! Rivers in England flood. They always have. They always will.

[@Bella-fz9fy]

🦆🦆🌦️🌧️☔️ 🇬🇧🇨🇦❤

[@petersanders2815]

Yes. More heat equals more rain. Basic physics really. Prepare accordingly. Hint, don’t build anywhere near a flood plain, it’s only going to get worse.

[@originalkk882]

@@petersanders2815 There is no more heat. Despite the Met Office adjusting historical temp data downwards to present a warming trend. Despite the Met Office claiming a few minutes spike in temp from beside the runway at RAF Coningsby when Typhoon jets were taking off in full reheat as "highest ever". Despite increasing urbanisation putting more measuring stations in areas subject to urban heat effect (unadjusted by the Met Office). Try looking at the unadjusted satellite data.

[@matthewcook9404]

“Mummy, can I go and paddle in the untreated sewage please ??”.

[@12dougreed]

Normal for this time of the year. I lived on the river throughout the 50s 60s it was dead normal for the river to flood. Our house flooded almost every year. It was something we put up with, and adjusted to. It was worth it

[@patriciathomas9749]

Mother nature having her own bk on us all 😊

[@GMT439]

MC = 33 Thumbnail symbolism noted. Hen - Ley. The Ley of the Hen. Bird Code also noted.

[@Falstaff1893]

Yes it will only get worse now the Oceans are heating up

[@jaykay7932]

K yet Thai doesn’t happen in SE Asian countries during rainy season. Funny how third world tropical countries can deal with epic rain storms

[@josephchesterton5629]

Good for the gardens though

[@ruthcollins2841]

Not those who have concreted them over! 😊

[@brucepickess8097]

Especially water gardens, they get a flood of appreciation.

[@stephenwilliams1824]

Flooding in the south! Definitely there will be government financial subsides and support.

[@raymondoakford8357]

I’m growing watercress in the summer so all good.

[@megstlimlim3386]

Omg, from Downing Street to Drowning streets 😮

[@Millerbike01]

Haha ... but this is a long way upriver from London.

[@yuliati1521]

Semoga Yang maha kuasa melindungi hamba-nya. Semoga hujan cepat surut. Semoga keadaannya cepat pulih kembali semula 🙏. Semoga tidak ada korban jiwa dalam bancana alam ini 🙏. Ini video kami file untuk pelajaran bagi kami yang tinggal dekat 4 gunung dan dekat 3 Danau dan dekat 2 sungai besar diDesa Desa'polosok diBali Indonesia

[@bryanyoung2599]

I blame the EU. They told every country that we're in their club many years ago they were not allowed to dredge rivers. It's the same with street drains, they are not cleaned either...

[@JohnnyMotel99]

Bollocks, the EA has been underfunded for years, hence 2000 hectares in and around Lincolnshire is flooded, because the EA wouldn’t pay to dredge the rivers and dykes.

[@johnruddick686]

No they didn't.

[@MyKharli]

If drains were cleaned flooding would be worse as more water would have got to the river faster ! Block all drains !

[@grovsey3656]

​@MyKharli hahhahaha. 😅😅😅😅😅 not sure if serious.😅😅😅

[@WhichDoctor1]

Dredging is very expensive and all it does is send the water away from some areas faster so it floods bottlenecks even worse. How would you feel if your taxes went towards dredging the river so that someone else's house didn't flood but yours was under 6 feet of water instead of 2 feet? Would you consider that a good flood prevention measure?

[@davepowell7168]

Somewhat moist in places , rivers are unsurprisingly wet

[@Scribe3168]

This video was shot from a fridge inside a washing machine inside a tumble dryer

[@DaysLikeThese65]

Thank heavens for all the heroic RR and large SUV drivers who can now battle their way through slightly wet streets to take their Darling kids to school. Which is closed

[@PhilbyFavourites]

More annoyingly their massive bow wave (which they learnt from KZbin was the best way to cross flooded rivers in Africa) causes much more flooding to the mere mortals whose streets they are using as a rat run……

[@mrd64]

I lived in the area for over 20 years and don't remember ever seeing it as bad as this.

[@denalawless275]

Wow

[@Jpmasterkey]

Seems to rain when the plains fly.

[@vernongoodey5096]

What are you on about?

[@Jpmasterkey]

Oh predictive text, meant rains more in winter

[@borntothepurple]

01:31 These clips are so disturbing. People have to walk in freezing water coming out of sewers. They could have hyperthermia and other diseases. It looks like the end of England. Sympathy for the people living under poverty line.

[@sparerib]

The locals are obviously not drinking enough water.

[@shahabcfgc4222]

This is power of God who is supreme. There is lesson for wise people. It's time to stop the destroying houses of innocent people

[@stevenmoran4060]

Funny when anything near London gets bad weather almost hysterical reports are made. When the north of England gets this, it’s basically ignored. The Southeast doesn’t help itself with houses paving their gardens leaving no ability for runoff plus, it’s basically well over populated because London is the only area Goverment cares about. Only one part of Britain never had deregulated buses, yes Greater London. They also built new rail lines annually. Billions being spent on an Oxford Cambridge rail line that has existed for decades! It just didn’t have a passenger option at Bletchley that’s all.

[@robogamer5384]

Come yo oldham cheap houses ,no big rivers no flooding.its grim fown south😢😢😢

[@annpeerkat2020]

Does that mean all the stray turds have been flushed out to sea?

[@risa_sh.youtube3244]

*Nam myoho rengekyo* 🙏 pray 🌍 peace 🕊️ be safe ___++

[@ianholt7284]

wow barges floating, crow ignores danger sign, man pushing bicycle, why is the guy in wellies walking like he's not wearing any, useless cops, Canada geese, riveting Henley high drama. looks like a thames barrier required up river

[@MIKROWAVE1]

Barges? BARGES? We don't need no stinking Barges!

[@DjWellDressedMan]

2024: The UK is the ONLY country in the World with a Completely Private WATER network = Might that play into the Endless Floods?

[@bettyswallocks6411]

All that rain will dilute the sewage nicely.

[@christopping5876]

Why are people amazed and blame everyone else when they are flooded when their house is situated on a flood plain? There is a clue in the name. Few rivers ever exceed their natural flood plain.

[@dw300]

2004 : Why does anyone in London need a huge 4x4?! 2024 : Ahead of the game all those Chelsea housewives were.. 😂

[@originalkk882]

Also because of the endless series of speed humps on all but a few major roads.

[@thedigger6320]

Geus what. It's dry in Manchester 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chris-non-voter]

Hydrologists would have predicted this. After all, we can predict climate change now 😂 but for some reason, they are keeping this to themselves. I wonder why. So, where do we point the finger.

[@barriegregory6606]

This is quite normal i believe.

[@patriciathomas9749]

More to come floods after the snow melts 😢

[@neil930]

Easy route in for more dinghy divers lol

[@suzieb8366]

Sad and Frightening.

[@SnowPink90]

You think that would be caused in the Spring by a lot of snow melting up in the mountains and so forth but you guys had a really bad storm comesthrough there. Take care. ☀️☀️

[@Millerbike01]

Sadly no Alps in southern England, just a hell of a lot of rain.

[@grovsey3656]

What mountains? This is London. No river from mountains. That's the Seven.

[@maljohn6584]

See the millions spent on the Thames ARE DOING THERE JOB.🤔

[@simonpaine2347]

So sad for all those who have lost belongings etcétera, but at least they can come on here and have a laugh at the idiots posting about how this is totally normal! Did you know that there are more people now who believe in the earth being flat, than there was 20 years ago? Some people are so gullible.

[@shanecollie5177]

The historical records show that this is well within the bounds of natural variability

[@simonpaine2347]

@@shanecollie5177 yeah, like the "100 year flood" that happens every other 5 or 10. As I said, gullible.

[@craigberesford726]

What I don’t understand is one of the southern cities in around. London has a bit of flooding and there’s a big outcry when one of the northern cities are flooding, nobody gives a shit come on. Let’s close this north-south divide

[@helen677]

This is because of cloud seeding. Strange how the weather is changing now it’s back to school / winter after the Christmas hols don’t you think?

[@brandspro]

Think it’s time you take your meds. You seem to have forgotten a few doses.

[@petersanders2815]

@@brandsproIndeed! Do you notice whatever is causing these fires and floods all around the world, it must never be the most obvious thing that scientists have been talking about for years- climate change. It can be cloud seeding, geoengineering, the apocalypse, Gods punishment for gay marriage or whatever, but it must never be,under any circumstance’s, climate change.

[@yorkshirelad3524]

Good to see the police out in force what the heck are they going to do arrest the water

[@jatigre1]

Oh! I say, old bean!

[@PsychoCaki]

4:28 its why you are here LOOOOL WTF ahaha

[@drunkdog101]

Britannia rules the waves 😂😂😂

[@บุญโฮมพลหงษ์]

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[@abusedbyyou5482]

please rise to 100 feet...😂😂😂

[@j8rtUfh3evz]

If only central London could flood.

[@barukkazhad8998]

Oh no ..i hope no rich people were effected

[@monkeymagic4555]

Building houses buildings and communities in stupid places that is all......Inevitable was always coming and going global periodic acts of nature......REGARDLESS of anything we do use and burn......Just need to look at the land shaping to work that out especially close to current river systems HUGE carvings that were previously made/used by the water and we are building/living well within them on a HUGE % of the human settlements globally.......Won't stand in the way of nature this climate change nonsense is absolutely futile.......One massive periodic volcano emits far more pollution than human activity over YEARS! 2 of the things that do certainly need to be done immediately to compensate for the stupidity of where we have been building strategic straightening out of a lot of the rivers and considerable dredging as for flood defenses that should 100% be made illegal (other than immediately bordering say 1-3m max out with the walls of your actual house as all that does is pass the problem on to someone else downstream in a multiplied effect!

[@frankkolmann4801]

Not a flood. Barely run a banker.

[@yorkshirelad3524]

If we disband the environment agency the foods would abaite