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Floods: 2012-2014

From MeteoGroup (31 January 2013):
Authorities and the public in the UK are starting to realise that flooding could now be a regular occurrence
rather than a once in a while major event. Last year, 2012, was one of the top five wettest years on record,
so it is no surprise that not only efforts are being made to make sure defences are properly set up,
but also that efforts are underway at improving the forecasting of such major events.

Winter is generally seen as a 'normal' time of year when the UK experiences
frequently saturated ground due to higher rainfall and reduced levels of evapotranspiration.
The last twelve months has defied such generalisation and has offered an unpredicted increase
in flood frequency from winter to summer in 2012, and we remain vulnerable to further flooding
given even moderate rainfall in the next few weeks.

See also this Guardian article....

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New pictures at the bottom of this gallery: now on page 2.


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Once, lad, this were all fields...
Once, lad, this were all fields...
Just out for my usual stroll...
Just out for my usual stroll...
Still waters run deep...
Still waters run deep...
The sound of water on willow...
The sound of water on willow...
Excalibur...?
Excalibur...?
What the duck's he looking at...?!
What the duck's he looking at...?!
Bite me!
Bite me!
Going, soft to heavy...23 November 2012  (440)
Going, soft to heavy...
23 November 2012 (440)
Water, water, everywhere...
Water, water, everywhere...
Complementary colours...
Complementary colours...
Fifty sheep of graze...?!
Fifty sheep of graze...?!
Not Becher's Brook...
Not Becher's Brook...
The path to/through the river...
The path to/through the river...
The calm before the storm...24 November 2012 (441)
The calm before the storm...
24 November 2012 (441)
The theatre; from the church...
The theatre; from the church...
The (w)rec(k)
The (w)rec(k)
Along the lines of...
Along the lines of...
Chambers Crossing Halt (or not)
Chambers Crossing Halt (or not)
Blue
Blue
Wet, wet, wet...
Wet, wet, wet...
Rail against the gods...26 November 2012 (442)
Rail against the gods...
26 November 2012 (442)
Recession...
Recession...
Your roots need sorting...
Your roots need sorting...
Recession II
Recession II
Heron Priested...
Heron Priested...
A shadow of...
A shadow of...
Alles in ordnung29 November 2012 (443)
Alles in ordnung
29 November 2012 (443)
A new lake...
A new lake...
Destruction...
Destruction...
How high...?
How high...?
Passable, with care...30 November 2012 (444)
Passable, with care...
30 November 2012 (444)
Stranded
Stranded
I will always count you my deer.26 December 2012 (456)
I will always count you my deer.
26 December 2012 (456)
Yet another bridge shot...
Yet another bridge shot...
Horses for courses
Horses for courses
Sometime the flood prevails30 December 2012 (458a)
Sometime the flood prevails
30 December 2012 (458a)
Not as bad as last time...
Not as bad as last time...
Looking back...
Looking back...
Saturated
Saturated
Stratford-upon-Sea
Stratford-upon-Sea
Levelled
Levelled
The noontide sun30 January 2013 (489)
The noontide sun
30 January 2013 (489)
Benchmark
Benchmark
Field trip
Field trip
This way...
This way...
Jammed
Jammed
Overwatered?
Overwatered?
Racing swans
Racing swans
Three months on...
Three months on...
More Constable than Shakespeare
More Constable than Shakespeare
Detritus...
Detritus...
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