Weather chaos: More than 1,000 UK homes flooded

A cold weather alert is in force this weekend - with warnings that waterlogged roads could turn icy. According to the Environment agency - more than a thousand homes have been flooded after days of heavy rain.
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By six o'clock there were 247 flood warnings across the UK with another 267 flood alerts. Surging waters in the River Avon, the Severn and the Trent caused widespread disruption - and water levels along the Thames are still rising. Many train services in the southwest of England have been cancelled or diverted.
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[@mastercabbage]

Imagine thinking that the UK government is even capable of caring about you.

[@janevanreenen8768]

Imagine… 🤔

[@hawky2k215]

They don't. Already made it loud and clear about the British homeless

[@sarahadams6940]

Unfortunately some people still live in a fairytale.

[@mastercabbage]

@@hawky2k215we get the same here in America.

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

"Government isn't the solution to our problems; Government is the problem." Ronald Reagan POTUS

[@malcolmjcullen]

This is what happens when greedy developers are allowed to build on flood plains.

[@lasttango7522]

Built on lots of flood plains in my area. Dodgy developers and councils seem to be involved. But sheeple deny this will happen to them. The river will flood them eventually. Sunak spouting again. Dosen't affect a multi millionaire does it? He will walk away and live abroad. People like him will never worry about living in misery. But we will

[@lasttango7522]

@@futoooob Wrong. Some people don't want properties built on flood plains. If we weren't so overpopulated we may not have a problem on this scale.

[@paulcampbell840]

In combination with failing to dredge rivers (which were historically maintained in rainy Britain) which are essential to drain the water away. Nowhere for the normal rainwater to go results in floodplains flooding! Not remotely surprising.

[@chriswhrtn]

jokes on them

[@thomassmith4678]

In 2024, our planet enters a 12,000-year cosmic cycle. Since then natural disasters and cataclysms will intensify and occur much more often. You can learn analytics and forecasts of climate disasters for the coming years, and ways to solve the problem here: "Global Crisis. The Responsibility"

[@nathanielescudero5379]

The solutions have been known for years. Reforest higher lands, slow down rivers with beavers and for goodness sake stop building on flood plains.

[@report-all-potholes-and-ro2712]

Try telling that to the Scottish Govt. who have sanctioned the felling of 16.2 million trees since 2017, most 25 years from maturity.

[@aa-xg3ct]

22 million trees were planted in Scotland in 2020 10,600 hectares planted in Scotland in 2021 80% of the UK total with just 2000 hectares planted in England and a measly 290 in Wales.@@report-all-potholes-and-ro2712

[@22poopoo]

Also stop paving every grassy front garden just for parking.

[@carraw3501]

@@report-all-potholes-and-ro2712 How many have they planted? Why were they felled and who felled them?

[@amandahunter4034]

Also, something we can all do, stop paving over and tarmacking gardens for parking or 'low maintenance', so that the ground can't absorb rainwater.

[@grahamturner1290]

Sunak speaking to flood victims : "Have you ever considered working in the financial sector?"

[@buy.to.let.britain]

do you work in the city ?

[@tolrem]

He sounded like he really didn't give a stuff!

[@dougaltolan3017]

Maybe you could start a fishing business.

[@Tolpuddle581]

Just watching Rishi pretend he's concerned for the folk of the 'East Midlands' he couldn't point to the place on a map "oh is it near Chelsea"

[@treeaboo]

@@dougaltolan3017 Delicious sewage contaminated fish! Best of Britain right there!

[@Sam-ko3kq]

This country is an absolute mess. It is so sad.

[@lw1zfog]

accidentally on purpose ....

[@_KRYMZN_]

Tori’s don’t care about us lad, need to get money out of politics

[@richardgiles2484]

Government is so out of touch with real life in the UK 😢

[@cf02488]

Oh, they are very much in touch. They just don't care...

[@sarahadams6940]

All the flooding supports the climate narrative. They're loving it!! 15 minutes cities for you!!

[@Soundpj]

That is 100 per cent accurate....its the 10 per cent in britain....who are at the top....Real life means, 90 per cent with average, or really little financial choices: economy.

[@harrish6]

Greed again. A blind eye is turned to the cover of hundreds square miles of flood plain by concrete. Talking about flood defences is pointless if those in charge act in such ignorant ways. Where do they expect the rain to drain to. The climate is always changing easy to blame the people never the greed of the establishment and big business.

[@alanglasgowbassist]

This is what happens when you continue to concrete over (and build houses) on what was once grass,forest and meadow. I see it all over the country as I drive up and down the country

[@thomassmith4678]

In 2023, the destruction on the planet reached a new level. The world was shaken by devastating and abnormal earthquakes, a huge number of red auroras in unusual places, abnormal heating of the ocean, Category 5 hurricanes, wildfires covering half the planet, rivers and lakes massively disappearing, droughts changing with large-scale floods, volcanoes becoming active. Over the last 30 years, the climate has changed catastrophically. The cause of this is the cosmic cycle of 12000 years. The same changes are happening now on all planets of the solar system. From the end of 2024, the number and scale of natural disasters will increase many times over. And if we do nothing now, it will be impossible to live on the planet in 5-7 years. And not later than 2036 catastrophe will occur, which will turn the Earth into a planet like Mars. We still have a chance to save the planet and humankind. The analytical report and ways to solve the problem are voiced here: "Global Crisis. The Responsibility" (online forum).

[@Robert-cu9bm]

So floods didn't happen before...I recall a famous story about a flood.

[@philip013]

You driving up and down the country on motorways?

[@slartibartfast7921]

Shortsightedness is the keynote of our age. And for the PM? It’s out of sight, out of mind.

[@eddypaul8959]

Exactly!

[@jamesmason8944]

The Prime Minister always seems to talk with a smiling face, no matter what he is talking about. So strange.

[@cuddlepaws4423]

That's because he is a multimillionaire who lives far away from where the rest of the country lives, in Planet Rich Bas*ard. He, like all the other tories don't give a damn because they are NEVER effected. They just pocket our money and live a good life.

[@jamesmason8944]

@@neiltaylor8198 Exactly it is all a big game to him.

[@Stef-2U]

@@neiltaylor8198 only thing most politicians worry about is making sure their wages have been paid into the bank.

[@chrysalis4126]

No wonder his environment minister has resigned.

[@gamingtonight1526]

He's resigned because the government is going to allow 100 new oil and gas licences!

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

I doubt he's shut off his gas and electric and lives with candles and an open coal fire, as many did a century ago . . . @@gamingtonight1526

[@HuplesCat]

@@gamingtonight1526it is very directly linked to that

[@isaintjames]

Not to mention the storm discharges being opened, pretty much constantly. That isn't just rainwater, its raw sewage.

[@Saba-if5mu]

​@BearsM Lol 🤣 😂 😂 essage

[@stylistxxx]

@@futoooob Yes only in Britain

[@slartibartfast7921]

@skaur6580He’s paid not to care… allegedly.

[@happyslappy5203]

« Thames Water: 72 billion litres of sewage pumped into Thames in two years, the BBC has revealed. 9 nov. 2023 » (72 billion litres = 72 million tonnes)

[@isaintjames]

Its self confessed, they are shameless @@happyslappy5203

[@petermusinsky4524]

Traditional drainage systems, such as drains and sewers, are designed to manage water in urban areas. However, as cities expand, these systems might become overwhelmed, leading to increased flooding. Additionally, the alteration of natural landscapes during urbanization, such as covering green spaces with concrete, disrupts the natural flow of water and reduces the land's ability to absorb rainfall, contributing further to flood risks.

[@JohnWintergreen-vu5ws]

Perhaps the people affected by floods could be housed in hotels just like criminal migrants😂😂😂😂

[@alanglasgowbassist]

You are entirely correct. But you may have difficulty getting others on here to accept that. They don’t appear to be the brightest bunch :-(

[@StuffJason437]

Keep in mind that sewers share the same pipe as drains !.

[@MsVanorak]

yup - i bet that jag up to it's windows in flood water was stood on a nice patch of concrete

[@ppmppm7010]

Doesn't look like a particularly modern development

[@DamiensTrainsandTravels]

Maybe if they stopped building on flood plains and stopped cutting trees down particulary in Wellingborough where I am. It might help.

[@bikin_rusuhbener4587]

Why he smiled? No emphaty only empty words

[@suzyqualcast6269]

He has his green card escape permit to his US mansions.

[@Mybigfinger_69]

When a sewage treatment plant receives flow greater than its treatment capacity the excess flow is diverted to the river. These are referred to by the plant operators as “storm flows”. Larger treatment plants do have storm tanks, but it does not take long to fill these. When they are full they overflow to the river. Now if you are downstream of this flow you are going to see the river level rise and your area potentially flood. So, the awkward questions to ask are; Why do we send storm flows to the water treatment plants only divert it to the the rivers? Why do we not separate surface water from sewage at source? Why are half the sewage water treatment plants under sized? Who is responsible for the development of water treatment plants and distribution of the effluent? OFWAT receive complaints from the public about the water treatment companies. The real question should be who regulates OFWAT? and should we be spending money on HS2 when our homes are under water?

[@margaretblack8538]

It isn't climate change Alexs, it's building on flood plains. 🙄

[@dougaltolan3017]

Sure, sure.. Building on flood plains has caused the massive rainfall we have had.... Sure...

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

We've always had rain, but now there is less low-lying area into which it can flow. @@dougaltolan3017

[@treeaboo]

It's both. We get more rainfall than usual from climate change and even worse flooding due to poor building policy as a result, they're compounding problems.

[@sarahp007]

A lot of places in Nottinghamshire the water is coming up through the grown floors of homes, the water table is that high, mainly caused by new build estates and inadequate drainage

[@moneymanifestation9505]

Who told you live there 🤷🏽‍♂️nobody but yet you want the government to help. It floods all the time and you know this yet still live there 😂absolute idiots

[@g3user1usa]

That woman was smart enough to realize that they shouldn't be building more housing on a flood plain and yet government housing planners don't know something that simple. You always need areas to soak up excess water. Concrete won't do that. That flooding is just absolutely terrible. I'm a senior citizen and a flood like that would be very difficult to recover from. What's worse is that this flooding will likely happen more in the future after you have already replaced what was destroyed in this flood. An endless cycle of destruction maybe every few years. I can understand a street or two flooding but this looks rather widespread for whole neighborhoods. Insane flooding with no easy solution to stop it from happening repeatedly. In NYC where I live, they won't stop building houses until every empty space is filled and they should know that it isn't going to turn out well.

[@typhoidmary5097]

I found it interesting that the resident spoke up about overdevelopment being the issue but the rest of the clip only echoed climate change. I’m in the US as well and they build on every last bit of land.

[@shakibmusfiq2478]

Looking worse than Syria 😂😂

[@agfbuilding]

Living on a boat isn't such a bad thing

[@apolloniasakae4551]

Yes, especially in the UK where there are no tsunamis or alligators to worry about 😊

[@benboyland4205]

Hmmm, I wonder why we need so many new houses...

[@Paul-li9hq]

Here is my own experience... A year ago I noticed as I was walking along my street that a roadside drain was basically blocked solid with leaves and dirt. Out of curiosity as I was walking along the street. I looked at every roadside drain... All blocked. For the best part of 3/4s of a mile.!! So why do you think that road utterly flooded in heavy rain? So you have to wonder is some localised flooding is just down to the fact that the council hasn't done anything to actually clear the drain system? Check your own drains... Do you have the same problem?

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

I was told by a local drain-cleaning operative, a few years ago, that main roads were suction-cleaned every year and minor roads bi-annually. Perhaps it happens less frequently now, saving on costs so as to afford the generous staff pension scheme and councillors' expenses? Extending the service period won't be noticed, initially but, in time, it will. Look at road signs and the way they're obstructed everywhere (I've even seen it on m-ways) with signage obscured.

[@monicas2269]

Drains in my area in South Wales are definitely not flushed as often as they used to be. The odd one tends to be done when someone complains. I'm lucky I live at the top of a hill, but the drains on the road going downhill are full of silt and leaves, luckily the water just flows down over these, but this shouldn't be the case.

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

It's a widespread phenomenon these days, but nobody pays it any attention, although much evidence of it is there to be seen. @@monicas2269

[@ghassanebentahar5695]

🤯🤯🤯

[@markhealey9409]

Exactly! I haven't seen a tanker sucking the silt & rubbish out of the drains in decades! . The only few exceptions being AFTER businesses were actually flooded,or when they were nearly flooded! When i was growing up in the 70s & into the 80s,drains were fairly regularly cleared out properly! The councils seem to have plenty of money to put speed bumps on roads,paint tarmac different colours,put new granite curbs in, and other non-urgent stuff,but don't bother to even clear drains & gutters out,or clean the streets properly! Apart from town & city centre pavements where small street sweeping vehicles are used,when did you last see a full size street sweeping lorry actually used,like they used to use regularly,back in the day?!

[@TheMighty_T]

When someone from the environment agency says "climate change, I don't know" after stating the increased frequency of these events you can only shake your head.

[@bootorcaesar]

The state of our country, not even our professionals know what they're on about.

[@spiritusinfinitus]

We are approaching the peak of the latest 11 year solar cycle which started in 2019. We've got a few more years before things subside a bit. This one is even affecting the weather on Neptune according to NASA's website

[@tjmarx]

He said "I don't know" because he knows that flooding caused by poorly maintained and woefully unfit for purpose sewage and storm water systems has nothing to do with climate. But he wanted to imply to those without a mind that it did, so people don't demand action on the actual problem.

[@melb5996]

To try and blame BAD PLANNING on climate change is the ultimate cop out and we are hearing this cr** far too often. MAN MADE FLOODING sod all to do with the climate

[@monkfishmondfinsternis3162]

Adapting to climate change is much, much more exoensive than trying to avoid it. Well, i guess we chose the first option and now have to pay more. Maybe now people will realize the facts.

[@drjones5186]

Poor flooding system every year you hear about this in the UK. What is the government doing nothing? It doesn't affect them. They don't worry if it doesn't affect their donors they don't worry

[@marvinyo5]

Yh if London flooded it's a different story

[@dawnnicholson9675]

The prime minister grinning from ear to ear.. whilst turning a blind eye to problems of the people in this country.

[@colleenpeck6347]

He just gave $6 BILLION to Ukraine!🤧🥺

[@Matazuma]

the rain will come back next year and the next one after that.....

[@buy.to.let.britain]

mmm... i blame clouds.

[@jamesdaniels234]

Next week more like

[@felicitydeikos5250]

Weather engineering, cloud seeding, La Nina. The governments around the world are excellent at it. We had this in Australia for three years, and now 2024 ITS STILL RAINING. We haven't had a decent summer yet!

[@Matazuma]

you need to take your meds @@felicitydeikos5250

[@Shivey-Caroline-7-23]

I feel very sorry for these people here who are suffering these floods, i hope they get the help they need from the government to put things right, but i can't help but think maybe the government should stop building homes on reclaimed land called - 'Flood Plains' near river systems, then less of these unfortunate incidents would happen in peoples lives and to their precious homes and businesses.

[@mariocarlin9544]

The only question I have is will they get their house drained before the inevitable hose pipe ban.

[@Akinola85]

Did the environmental guy just say he didn’t know if it was climate change? Bro isn’t that literally your job?

[@archockencanto1645]

Bro went too right wing ☠️

[@NubianPrince85]

He was like ooops im just off christmas and new yrs break 300 emails and now this.....just blame climate change ...JSO will come to my aid....

[@marcinski5201]

He was more likely point the finger on council

[@eddieharris6004]

Horrible, awful for the residents....first question when purchasing a home, "Has there ever been any........."

[@Sophie-cw7bf]

I always knew when I was 12 years old that England would soon go under water I knew the world would soon have to many people in it 😩😩😩🤦🏾🤦🏾

[@brianfreeman8290]

Climate change MIGHT be a contributory factor, but continuous building is the problem. There's nowhere for the water to go.

[@report-all-potholes-and-ro2712]

Climate Change is a myth - floods are as natural as the rainwater itself.

[@thomassmith4678]

A lot of countries are in danger zones and will be affected first. Especially: the United Kingdom, Italy, China, Japan, India and the countries in the Arabian Peninsula. These scientific findings were voiced at the *_AMERICA_* *_AT_* *_THE_* *_CROSSROADS_* *_2024_* (from time 3:41:51)

[@dentistry42]

@@thomassmith4678Affected and in danger from what?

[@shoelessjoe428]

The world today scares the c**p out of me. The PM's distinct apathy towards the environment never ceases to blow my mind.

[@cubistone]

Sewer backflow could only mean one thing: insufficient waste water drainage. Water had nowhere to go but back up. We have similar problem on the West Coast of the States.

[@nickportlock2796]

So sad. This is what happens when you no longer clean out the road gulleys or dredge rivers. Something which was carried out regularly a few years ago.

[@dougaltolan3017]

Sheep. Quit rebleating pathetic lies. Dredging only works in very very specific locations, such as the Somerset Levels.

[@StuffJason437]

Councils rather spend money on themselfs over fixing these problems.

[@jackiepaper101]

I seem to remember climate scientists warning everyone this would happen. But let's keep pretending.

[@StuffJason437]

@@jackiepaper101 These are flood plains people knew about well before the climate thing and typically building nearby river or flood plain lot cheaper as well albeit require's functional drainage system else the streets flood quite easily.

[@MsPinkwolf]

Dredging just means water will move faster and do more damage further down the line.

[@alicoleman1244]

she smiled the whole way through that interview

[@ianswiv3688]

The EA haven't maintained a riverbed since the Thames Conservancy and the NRA was absorbed over 35 years ago. The Thames has lost over 30% of its conveyancing capacity since the early 1980's so its no surprise that any river that can't flow properly gets overwhelmed by peak periods of rainfall. It's like a blocked drain that can't empty fast enough. The EA and DEFRA won't admit that they have never dredged to maintain flow rates, however a FoI revealed that they had a budget of about £1 / mile of the River Thames, so they only dredge to keep navigation viable. It is a complete joke. It's much easier to pull the wool over your eyes and blame Climate Change.

[@neilfoster814]

100% correct!!

[@iEXTREME100]

Tory gov ain’t doing whistle

[@aye3678]

Heartbreaking stuff.

[@SteveSmith-kd9if]

THAT'S YOUR OPINION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@aye3678]

???? Seeing your fellow country men and women suffer and feeling bad for them is "my opinion" ? okay then. @@SteveSmith-kd9if

[@neilvernon5539]

to much building going on

[@user-el5yv1of6x]

I wonder which country will donate for this disaster first

[@HuplesCat]

Ask your King

[@user-el5yv1of6x]

@@HuplesCat he’s your king too

[@HuplesCat]

@@user-el5yv1of6x he most definitely is not. Not yours either. The sovereign has to be the head of the Church of England, Canada. As a known adulterer and divorced dude Charles is ineligible to lead the Church and so be King. So is Andrew. King Edward I can cope with. I know the6 altered the rules but he rules nothing. Looking forward to graffiti on his bank notes

[@MUFC1933]

Four new housing estates have popped up near me in past two years but the villages drainage and sewage systems haven’t been updated since the turn of last century so the new estates as well as the old ones are all using the inadequate systems. Also road large puddles appear next to the drains where all the leaves are blocking them and hence the roads flood. Can’t this be an immediate yearly job whereby the local Communities or councils have one job to clear all the leaves away ?

[@burgersnchips]

Bought my house ~11 years ago. Intentionally bought at the top of a hill. It didn't cost more.

[@jerrywarren6959]

I’ve worked all my life in construction, as carpenter ,building surveyors ,assistant site agent and building inspector for the NHBC and I can honestly say hand on heart that the whole industry is all about profit making large sums of money and that there. all in bed with one another. The NHBC aren’t what they used to be for a fact and most of there board directors are all ex CEO’s and building tycoon’s that all self regulate to protect all of there interests. It’s about time that our parliament/ government put and end to all this nonsense and have an independent situation that has the best interests of the common people at heart. All these poor people from all walks of life unaware and getting caught out .

[@jerrywarren6959]

Well said that person

[@evgeniam685]

Which places are flooded?

[@ciararespect4296]

Number 22

[@thomism1016]

Nottinghamshire ☹️

[@stuartfitch7093]

People blame developers but there is another force in play here. There were plans to build a 6000 new homes estate on the edge of my hometown. This would have increased the population of the town by around 15%. The plans were announced to great fanfare but in recent years everything has gone quiet and not one shovel of dirt has ever been dug. It's like it's been kicked into the long grass. This quietness has occured since an incident where some years ago now, not long after the original plans were announced, in a period of long persistent rain the river did overflow the banks. Though the banks held, the defences were greatly damaged It's my belief is everything has gone quiet because the powers that be have finally realised what long time local residents had said from day one, that the flat open farmland that the houses were to be built on is floodplain land to the nearby river Trent and thus, from day one would be at risk of potential flooding. I don't know how true it is but the rumour amongst locals is that no developer wants to take on the task of developing the site because of the fact the land is floodplain. So then the natural question is, who is it who is proposing these crazy plans in the first place? Councils and other local authorities?

[@jonathanbuzzard1376]

The other question is which blithering idiots buy the houses? Its not rocket science, it's the biggest purchase you are going to make, don't buy a house liable to be flooded.

[@Arya-cf7vu]

Kept waiting for the Alex woman to turn around and flush, looks like she was speaking from a toilet! 😂

[@fnma21]

😂

[@neilfoster814]

Regular river and drain dredging, and jetting/clearing of urban drain networks and road gullies would go a long way to stopping this problem. From an ex land drainage engineer.

[@williamcarter3933]

Flooding is caused by run off. The run off is caused by Mono-farming (large scale farming of the same things) which degrades the soil and doesnt hold the rain water in the ground for longer.

[@johnrussell3961]

The flood plain has a reason to have that name. Its very arrogant for today’s people to try and stop it flooding.,

[@williamcarter3933]

@johnrussell3961 you're talking about a symptom, not the disease

[@gamingtonight1526]

We're hitting 1.5C this year, for the first time, so expect more of this and much more besides.

[@ciararespect4296]

Great. I love it warm for a change 😂

[@alanglasgowbassist]

Hope so. My heating bill is astronomical 😂

[@pacmanghostdude5227]

Lemme guess. Must be climate change eh?

[@jeffshoesmith8047]

El nino year not climate change natural event to do with the jet stream .

[@Robert-cu9bm]

No stories of floods in the past and a big boat.

[@julieyates405]

Dredging rivers and keeping them as clear as possible should be standard practice too. Something that seems to have been forgotten about over recent years. Apparently in 'the old days' farmers would remove silt from streams, dry it and use it to enrich soil or sell it as compost! Keeping the waterways clear in the process.

[@neilfoster814]

Dredging also increases a rivers storage capacity before it overtops. You are 100% correct regarding the old farmers and silt. I'm a retired land drainage engineer.

[@julieyates405]

@@neilfoster814 It could be a good idea to revisit the 'old ways' from people like you, of keeping things in balance. We need a 'People's Think Tank of Common Sense Problem Solving Suggestions'. Leaving it to politicians isn't going to bring the best skills and experience forward. I fear any opportunity to blame climate change will be pushed before common sense unfortunately. So much land is being taken for huge house building projects too, this must also have an impact on drainage, and evaporation.

[@december974]

Stop building on flood plains it's not rocket science 😢

[@leonblittle226]

Whens the last time anyone saw the river being dredged out?? not in my entire life some 40 years plus

[@mohammedalikhan6381]

One of the signs of the end times being near is weather becoming far more volatile

[@HuplesCat]

It is human caused climate change not God. Wait until the currents stop. Be a bit colder in the uk 🇬🇧 then

[@tyrantwitness2482]

Build on a flood plain and farmers don't manage the land as they did in order to stop flooding, what do you expect! The Kings highway was always high up in order to avoid the floods down in the valley! We'll be going back to that soon!

[@dougaltolan3017]

Sheesh, you don't want Sunak there. Theres too much water already, that drip would only make it worse!

[@paulreynolds2898]

There used to be regular clearing of drains, now there is not. New building has little attention to drainage, this is the result. Cost affective no, old or new, your home is at risk, streamlining costs, costs a lot down the line. Thankyou to C4, for putting this out on the internet, for I don't watch TV, not for a long time. I feel sorry for those suffering because a bit of rain, drainage, sort it.

[@monacam9341]

Regards and best Wishes to all People there from also flooded Germany. Stay in good Health.

[@discodave1747]

When the reporter was asking the so called environmental agency female,looked like he was trying to hold back at not laughing .

[@alanbone5512]

Farmers fields used to have ditches along side them in the 1960s , these were filled in long ago during the 1970s and 1980s this is result of commercial changes that happened at farming levels across the country x water companies were sold to france the investment in drainage was not out in place. This is out come of policies since 1960s onwards really worked well hasn't it.. Ditches filled in , no water course for rain to go into underground water tables and flow out or be absorbed. . . We reap what we sow for commercial usage and financial gain causing more problems in long run for families ..

[@Robert-cu9bm]

How many of the people in here complaining about building on flood plains are the same ones who say we need more houses.

[@gmathieson7184]

counter intuitive though innit.

[@nerdygem8620]

Both things are true. There are no easy solutions, which politicians and voters don't like. If the country wasn't on it's knees from underinvestment and underfunding, and every other mismanagement over the last 50 years or longer, maybe we'd have the resources and skills to overcome it.

[@jackin_rl7429]

I’m currently writing my dissertation on how the uk is due 30 times more extreme rainfall events by 2050… 😬

[@jackin_rl7429]

@@Outta_Towna82 grow up

[@jackin_rl7429]

@@Outta_Towna82 how can I legitimately review a topic that has no evidence

[@jackin_rl7429]

@@Outta_Towna82 link me some data bro

[@jackin_rl7429]

@@Outta_Towna82 anything

[@Glowinguphungry]

Every year I ask.. "What was done this year to dredge rivers to maybe increase their depth?" You can raise defences or you can deepen the river , no?

[@dougaltolan3017]

Very few places would benefit from dredging. Sure it increases the volume of the river, but it also slows the flow, that causes faster silting.

[@Glowinguphungry]

ah ok thanks@@dougaltolan3017

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

Faster silting from slow flow, or scouring from more rapid flow? I suspect the latter, but it costs money. @@dougaltolan3017

[@Xenon777_]

When are we getting aid?

[@spankflaps1365]

It’s never stopped plurtin’ doon for months. Who broke the sky?

[@MissCristina]

CO2

[@CDRS2012]

I'm afraid that the EA is studiously avoiding addressing the real problem - that our river channels are now so neglected that they can no longer carry even the normally expected winter rainfalls, let alone the extra rainfall that is the product of global warming. On the Thames (which is also flooding in some places) in early 1990 the EA announced that it was terminating the routine dredging program by which the former Thames Conservancy had made the river so safe and reliable, foolishly justifying this with the utterly inane claim that "rivers are self-dredging", which any hydrologist will tell you that is irrational nonsense. Since then, the non-tidal Thames has lost 30% of its pre-1990 banks-full flow capacity. Worse still, there had been extensive building and concreting-over of the Maidenhead flood-plain, causing heavy flooding of the town. So the brain-dead EA built a bypass, the Jubilee River, to discharge that which should have filled the flood-plain straight back into the river; opened in 2002, this caused extensive downstream flooding in January 2003 (but kept Maidenhead dry). And in 2014 it caused massive flooding in January, and again in February. The solution would be to reinstate the old dredging program, so as to restore the flow capacity back to, and above, what it had been before that was stopped. Instead, the EA proposed a complex system of bypass channels which in 2014 was costed at £185 millions, but has still not been started and is now reckoned to cost upwards of £650 millions! For purely doctrinal reasons, the EA refuses to contemplate dredging, which would enlarge the channel and, if properly conducted, would alleviate the growing flooding problem way into the future. Instead they are wringing their hands and pretending to care while the fatal combination of ever more hardened surfaces (roads, housing, industry, airports, etc) - creating ever faster run-offs - and global warming - bringing increasingly severe rainfalls wrecks ever more lives, businesses, homes and infrastructure. Frankly, the EA - as constituted, funded and run - is less use than a chocolate teapot. Just re-run this same video and hear how they witter on!

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

Apparently, building of reservoirs in England was not allowed by €USSR rules (environmental b/s perhaps?) and traditional dredging of the Somerset Levels was ended as well. Eventually, large areas of that county were flooded. Sediment build-up is a slow and insidious process, leading to reduced flow capacity, all to protect a few newts or tadpoles . . .

[@CDRS2012]

@@EllieMaes-Grandad strange, therefore, that the Dutch were free to carry through their "and Room for the Rivers" project, and to continue routine dredging of all waterways, don't you think? Please don't play pathetic and false Brexiter politics with other people's lives and livelihoods. The decision to no longer dredge our rivers was made by the Environment Agency in the UK, on the totally spurious grounds that "Rivers are self-dredging".

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

Not so strange, given the mindset of the €U Commission. The EA story was of them following €USSR direction, so you may have missed something . . . @@CDRS2012

[@report-all-potholes-and-ro2712]

When Channel 4 say 1000 UK homes flooded, is that 1000 homes from across the UK or 1000 homes in one flooded part of the UK?

[@margaretg711]

We have not updated the drainage infrastructure to cope. Add to that the fact that with so many new housing estates, previously rainfall would percolate through the soil now it runs along tarmac giving much more surface runoff.

[@SteveSurgenor]

Stop voting Tory.

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

What, dya suggest

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

We need to reform politics, perhaps with Reform Party? Certainly, we must avoid LibLabCon and Greenwash or it will be game over this time. @@girlsdrinkfeck

[@buy.to.let.britain]

i remember when our town flooded in 1974. it was up to our waists. the police had a panda car with an urn of hot chocolate for them and the firemen, and i remember we really wanted some, but never got any.

[@at_brunch3852]

😮the height of pompousness!! I’m so sorry for you all. (🇨🇦)

[@buy.to.let.britain]

we did not get any chocolate off the adults so then my friend went off with a woman called myra hindley who said she had hot chocolate - , and was never seen again.@@at_brunch3852

[@felicitydeikos5250]

Cloud seeding, weather engineering,La Nina, etc. The governments are excellent at this.( weather engineering) We in Australia 🇦🇺 had this for three years now. it's 2024, and we haven't had a decent summer yet. For Christmas 2023, it was cold and wet in Australia!

[@billierobinson799]

My thoughts and prayers are with you.

[@christophergomez7435]

Clearing off rivers, drains as people are littering much more which will be greater chances of drainage getting blocked.

[@petersmith6974]

Building on flood plains. Like building next to a volcano

[@lolly1811]

Its kind of mad that people are choosing to live here at this point 😂

[@nadcallievlog9892]

MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT UK 🇬🇧 😢🥺🙏

[@richardharris8538]

There aren't any gods, outside of mythology. It's superstitious nonsense.

[@chippysteve4524]

Rudderless ship runs aground again.

[@solotraveller888]

Still the govt’s priority is making war with the Houthis in the Red Sea, hallucinating that Thayer still somebody in the world stage. 😂😂

[@7th.trumpet]

How many people got a government warning alert, on their phones ?? We had to install it for things like this !

[@channelsixtyeight068_]

Forget the coast and waterways, yesterday's digested meals are now floating down UK streets.

[@darkshaman7087]

Thats what you get for building on flood planes also if I was living in such area I would have made specialised door barriers also vents would have been blocked to stop as much water as I could from getting in but easier said than done I know, but I would have had ready 6 threaded bars in the walls 3 on each side and either treated plywood or thick strong plastic etc and also some sort of material as a seal to put between the barrier and wall and then tighten up the nuts on the threaded bars to cause a flood defence of some sort, also when the weather is bad I would go out of my way to make sure I was prepared also I would have a sub water pump worked off a power bank all in place just incase and also small ladder or steps to climb over barriers just incase, it's the only way in areas such as this. Anyway I feel for the ones that had all the damage done to their properties and all the mess they must clean up, my thought are with you from Wales.

[@petrus_red]

Did the rain come from the wrong direction again?

[@internetfairy1]

Maybe because we build so many houses and buildings which covers the land so the water can't soak away.

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

Exactly. The problem has been building up over time and now we're at a tipping point. Money could and should have been invested over many decades, but instead it's been spent on supporting a consumer economy or given away with virtue-signalling in mind. It's not just that the money has all gone (it has) but we're in debt up to our necks . . .

[@peace_oceans]

The look on kgm face says it all.

[@dalebenton3354]

Im glad Im living in an upstairs Flat,On the first floor,Just incase if any floods like this ever flood over here,Less chance of my Flat being flooded out,Bad to those who have had their homes flooded out,Makes me wonder why first thing every year,Around the new year,Always getting more floods in

[@benjaminharknett6528]

4:55 Alex McDonald, that didn't go so well did it? We had a wet winter - well-done that happens most years River Levels broken 5:15 More common flooding more properties flooded 5:38 What would it take to stop flooding? 5:58 We can't keep building walls and defense's so the other measures are for you to do 1. Installing a flood proof door 2. Changing to Closing Airbrick 3. Raising Electric Waterproof plasterboard (Waterproof plasterboard - I'm pretty sure its not supposed to be submerged? and if its covered in excrement because the sewers backed up what good is it being waterproof its not excrement proof is it?) 6:35 Why cant we build more flood defense's? the walls would need to be high where rich people live, so where not going to do that. 7:10 We underspend on flood defense's It cost lots we have to look at the economics. 7:48 we need to look at how to manage it differently via natural defense's - as long as it doesn't effect rich people. 08:00 make communities' more resilient and you said all the with a smug smile on your face.

[@InternationalKarl]

The river Trent is full!!

[@oliverb2000]

Been saying the great flood is coming back for few years now. This is just the start of it.

[@denisyildirim2262]

This is just trailer

[@benedictmarshall7031]

Never mind the drains being full of s….t, your rivers are too!

[@sarahcox9284]

Strange how it's never the government,posh or elite peoples houses that flood🤔. I would however add the poshest looking house out of these shown was the one with the almost submerged Jaguar. If rivers,ditches,drains were dragged,drained,unblocked accordingly then this would not be happening to this extent. It is the fault of councils and environment agencies doing nothing,cost cutting to the detriment of the house owner.

[@31108Julia]

A government focused on greed and apathy.😂

[@mikeanderson7549]

Yeah

[@mikeanderson7549]

You from the UK?

[@discodave1747]

Them cheap build houses are badly built as it is.Now with the flood,will make em worse.

[@davidbernard7256]

Victoria Australia is flooded too. Government can no longer tax us so there gonna drown us! We're all in it together!

[@kleoqwer]

Oh, that is scary. Our forecast for Boston for tomorrow is not bright either. Two major pouring rain storms are approaching our area. And it's after the major snow storm we had 2 days ago. Where will all this melted water with additional rain water go?

[@jnae2006]

The only pumps Sunak is interested in is the one's for his swimming pool

[@charleswillcock3235]

Depte environment spokes person delivers s master class in speaking without saying anything meaningful.

[@tytzup5397]

Climate change or decades of privatisation and neglect of public infrastructure?

[@kevinralph5305]

When was the last time anyone witnessed a river being dredged, local authorities are responsible for dredging rivers.

[@neilfoster814]

No, it's the Environment Agency's responsibility to maintain rivers. They don't dredge because they prioritise frogs, fish and Beavers over flooded homes.

[@ablesentry7070]

Otherwise known as January in the UK...

[@drkdncr]

The same thing is happening here in Australia again, this time the entire country is affected

[@lukegarrard9866]

16 years later it happened again not nice obviously but that is a long time without flooding