York Floods: 21st January, 2021 - River Ouse & River Foss, York, North Yorkshire, England

[@eugenegilleno9344]

Didn’t see anything on the BBC news about this, even though we know the Ouse is prone to flooding each year. I guess since it didn’t happen in London or the south, it wasn’t worth the mention.

[@purplesunflower8242]

BBC not for the people!

[@emmaathome2902]

It was reported in other news outlets and the press. I also saw it online. And saying the south, does not cover the S west, we rarely even figure on the maps they show in press reports, far far less than the North even.

[@purplesunflower8242]

Don't pay the BBC anything! Respect s to York❤️

[@Confusedadult87]

York floods like every single time it rains outside of York, it isn't really newsworthy. To a lot of York residents it's like the sun rising or setting everyday!

[@maureenleigh4724]

Don't forget there is a lot going on apart from York floods !

[@christianellwood1972]

We Yorkies are so used to the floods that we just roll our sleeves up and crack on with it hence why York is rarely in the national news when it does flood!

[@dronespace]

❤️ York

[@TheShanampan]

This is normal for York. Now that scarbro' bridge has been slightly raised and lengthened it can remain open.

[@johnholroyd7829]

This happens at least once every year....we are used to it.

[@agolftwittler1223]

And quite well prepared for it as well it appears. I came for the flood and stayed for the tour of beautiful York. Stay safe and dry 👍

[@johnsmith-ht3sy]

Same old, same old.

[@lauraalleguen6685]

Plus York city is beyond stunning 😍

[@pupster6848]

Stunning city

[@vc4154]

Sad to see a place we visited & enjoyed wrecked with flood water.Thank you for sharing this video, best wishes to all affected.

[@rws1467]

Floods every year.

[@shymike]

Yeah it's high but the Riverside is designed to flood, all flood defences in place, don't even have to worry about Scarborough Bridge being closed now.

[@mikeshepherd2859]

Good work by the York flood team we are well prepared for this

[@jonathansapier7574]

Great footage. I cycle there from Leeds very often and to see it like that is quite breathtaking.

[@stuartmoss]

Cheers Jonathan, I haven’t seen the Ouse so high for a few years, at least it didn’t override the Foss.

[@lorithorpe3502]

great video , i often watch york on the webcam , it seems to have flooded alot lately , i really feel for those people in those buildings on the woodsmill side where the webcam looks onto , i looked at it a couple of weeks ago & it was right upto the first floor windows , Ooooer , i noticed water was coming out of the crowther pub too , how aweful for them , i could see the water spouting out under the webcam at that pub, i don't think i'd ever want to live there . thanks for sharing .

[@anna536B]

Pięknie! Cudownie się ogląda i słucha..

[@paparobbo62]

Welcome to Tory England remember your wellies.

[@paulmulryne8405]

This happens in York almost every year.

[@johnsmith-ht3sy]

Greta , its climate warning.

[@johannesplatzerjoptvtravel8171]

Beautiful video, thank you four sharing, I liked to have a subscription there. L.G. Johannes.

[@richarddavidjohn6803]

Nout unusual about that water level. Happens every couple of years, that’s why they’ve got the flood protection.

[@omegaman3001962]

looks like the flood protection works well

[@barrywelford6701]

This used to be an annual occurrence - heavy snow followed by a rapid thaw and rain - river Ouse floods.

[@robschofield749]

It still is an annual occurrence

[@christopherfranklin972]

Thanks for uploading,I used to live in York and was wondering how badly it was flooded,I lived in a house at the bottom of Marygate when the big floods came in 2000,the flood defence gates were closed and sandbags two or three high were stacked on top and when I hoisted myself up to take a look the water was literally inches from my face. Pretty scary. I worked in retail and we were all furious to see a BBC reporter televised near Clifford's Tower wearing wellies in 6" of water telling the whole world that York city centre was flooded which was not true but that's never bothered the BBC. Did you go out to Clifton and the Ings which used to be a natural flood plain or is it all built on now?

[@stuartmoss]

Thanks for the comment, I can imagine seeing the water so close to your face as being pretty scary! I just walked around the city centre, didn’t go any further. The water was due to peak about 5 hours after I left.

[@drivetrain1746]

Yes the flood plain is still there..currently still flooded

[@anthonyharrison9280]

Best wishes to the residents affected in this the city of my birth. However bad this is it ain’t nowt but summat compared to some years. Early 2000s come to mind as about another four foot deep looking at the level on the kings windows. Gods I miss this place !

[@tonyjohnson9078]

Anyone seen Noah ? Has he still got that boat !

[@kathymcbride2425]

vert good photography x

[@hardlines2635]

York is surrounded by farm land, why not build a canal round the City, must be less cost than paying for the damage every year.

[@robschofield749]

Genius

[@ryanparker4996]

York Moat has got my vote lmao

[@MrAvant123]

My heart goes out to all UK flood victims, because not only are they flooded but flooded in the freezing cold as well...

[@josimpson7999]

And dealing with the wretched pandemic too 😥

[@tracievayro6384]

I wanted to go to flamingo land in the summer, but I'm scared for !u family so I hope it's done quickly

[@jacquelineb4375]

Ok we can't control the weather unfortunately, however the people that run this country would do well to look at how efficient other countries cope with similar or worse conditions. I feel bad for anyone anywhere that is affected by this year in & year out, especially if floods hit their homes or places of work. York is a place I have visited many a time over the years.

[@sian2513]

I've never seen floods like this where the locals seemed so unfazed until i lived in york, i was there for uni until march last yeat when it all went online

[@derekmulready1523]

If it happens every year what if any remedial works have been carried out. Or are Councils refusing to Dredge🇮🇪🇪🇺

[@gabrieldee345don5]

I am so, so sorry. I love this town, it was love at the first sight...Ans it is always forgotten like...Hello, London?

[@lauraalleguen6685]

Great video 👍😊 my friend. Thanks 👍 for posting.

[@christopherbushby2618]

I live in york currently working aboard for 8 weeks just wow its bad

[@colinrichards8423]

Will there be a hose pipe ban? I need to wash my car. Lol 😂

[@naguerea]

I can drive my car through this !

[@dennisjones8551]

Yes , but don't expect to see again.

[@paulfisher7911]

this is what happens when you geoengineer the weather just look at cloud seeding in dubai then tell me they cant control the weather so blame your government

[@shukyeeshirleylo6888]

Lord Bless York

[@cynthiastogden7000]

The Ouse used to be a tidal river. Now the water has no where to go.

[@robschofield749]

What

[@irenejohnston6802]

Early 80s cruiser holiday on Sundancer, time of Falkland's war. Linton locks silted up couldn't go route as planned up stream, stayed moored by Lendal Bridge. Visited Upper Poppleton, down stream to Naburn locks. Beyond which is tidal. York a favourite place. Liverpool x

[@simone-zt6jj]

Canoeing through the Lowthers second floor again.

[@mikelawrence6840]

i live near pickering so york is my nearest city havent been in for about 6 months now but this flood looks as bad as the last one

[@Confusedadult87]

Nowhere near as bad as 2015 or 2000 tbh

[@tinabates542]

And they still have to pay for water

[@nicksayajirao1730]

Nothing new. Friends of ours had a business in Walmgate, and even in the 60s they couldn’t insure their stock. Used to reckon on losing it every five years on average.

[@chetbroan2790]

Blimey ! used to live near here with the missus . bloody flood waters sure cock things up. nothing a few- bob cant fix mate

[@johnsmith-ht3sy]

Does anybody know an alternative to English Mustard, is there Mongolian Mustard ?

[@TheMish65]

The Sea Cadets can now paddle their kayaks in doors.

[@tracievayro6384]

Nooooooo! How am I going to flamingo land WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@grzegorzjacek3571]

Yes massive of water.Maybe anybody like to see flood in Poland 1997 or 2010.Is interested.

[@alandavis2149]

When u don’t dredge the rivers this is the result every year udon see this in Holland most of it under sea level absolute joke all these governments last 30 years

[@jonjon9047]

All the older generation: the river never flooded like this when it was dredged. The environment agency and city of York council: we can’t see any advantages to dredging the river so we will spend a fortune on flood defences and clear up work whilst complaining about being ‘cash strapped’.

[@Jessicadeborahloves]

People are too daft to fix the root cause of something these days, always reacting.

[@markknight3983]

Are they forgetting the flood of 1982 ? The river has never been dredged - a barge used to take sand from near Ouse Bridge but no longer. The EA say dredging won't stop the flooding and I prefer to listen to experts rather than keyboard warriors !

[@grahamlittlefair8107]

Yorks problem lie much farther upriver, farmland flood plains should be allowed to be flooded

[@markknight3983]

The basic problem is York is built on a flood plain where two rivers join - the city will always have flooding problems and they will only get worse with climate change.

[@tvMixOmarsadiqurl]

Good woork

[@MossHomeandGarden]

Thanks!

[@MossHomeandGarden]

Apologies, replied from my wrong account!

[@GreenLad38]

I think that you meant 21 February 2022.

[@MossHomeandGarden]

Is it the same? I haven’t been to see. (Replying from other account).

[@annajeannettedixon2453]

flooding at york can be sorted the trouble is one the dam at naburn and two narrow rivers to Selby now to rectify all this you need a 40 foot across boring machine and bore a tunnel son 60 feet down and run it in a straight line to the ouse and you need two tunnels it with drain everything into the ouse with big pumps at the ouse end cost of 5 to 6 million but you have a dry york form then on

[@spencerwilton5831]

anna jeannette Dixon cost £5-£6 million? You have to be kidding! A tunnel boring machine alone costs more than that. The project management costs would be more than that. It would cost hundreds of millions. And anyway, it wouldn't work.

[@andrewjohnson1467]

The best solution is to build some watershed dams on the river swale, nidd and ure. This is because the majority of flood water comes from the yorkshire dales.

[@MrJay500]

this is what happens when you build on flood plains

[@paul111287]

Thank vikings for that 🤣

[@paul111287]

@@fenrichlee2867 it floods almost every year. Problem with the river Foss is it runs through many places. Modern days if places further north also get big amounts of rain they also put flood barriers up. Few years ago york got heavily flooded because somewhere north of Yorks flood barriers broke so york got so much water from there whilst having its own large amount of water.

[@woodhouse122]

Was exactly the same in late January 2020 ,had a day there and was shocked to see the flood damage ,sadly it looks like the businesses in york will struggle after 2 years of flooding not to mention the pandemic

[@shymike]

The floods haven't affected any businesses in York, the Riverside is set up to deal with floods, the centre of town is not affected at all.

[@andrewb9226]

Good

[@annajeannettedixon2453]

yorks as flooded for centuries and floods every winter

[@garyfinn8772]

The poor fish

[@naguerea]

The City of my Birth

[@LA-gh3mi]

This only matters to you 😆

[@grzegorzjacek3571]

Maybe some one want say,you do not need make false atractions(pandy em19)any moment you can be much more attractive at any time,such a signal as a reminder.Who know?hope no one have been a victim.

[@robertharris2818]

Poltergeist moving cones

[@bundasriharyani698]

York Floods island with few river's is very pull. this is nature lake blue are plant tree .water voice lestening much cheldren's plying. the trip to go.

[@paulkazjack]

A government insider said this is how covid spreads faster with higher water levels.

[@Matt_-um4ce]

In years to come the whole city will be underwater.

[@grahamedwards9634]

Get the canoes out

[@LA-gh3mi]

Lets hope it got to the Freemasons front rooms and alters. 🤞

[@louiseraindrops8777]

Tell us more? I’m not a fan either

[@alecjefferson6993]

BBC SAY NO MORE

[@grantcook5376]

Nearly as entertaining as watching paint dry.