Floods

What's it like where YOU are? Have you been caught in the floods? Share your story here:

lou
me and my mates were like swimmin in the floods in hucclecote. we went down one alley way and the water was up to our necks, but it was so fun.

Gareth Taylor
My basement got flooded at college in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire.The Laundry room got flooded.The reception got flooded.The offices got flooded and the water was an inch deep.Even some people had to be sent home because of that.

peter pan
lol it was funny when the flood came because i didnt no wat i was gonna do but even better i saw some rats aswell in the local park me and my mates were sittin on the swings coz these were reli high swings and we could sit on them.also i think that the flood could have been worse but it was quite bad and the worst we have ever had

thumbelina
it was awfall i felt like i've lost everything my home ma stuff we cant even go back into are house still and we might not even be backk in till after christmas the whole house is ruined and this is truly the worst flooding i've ever seen in gloucester!!!:(

Peter Marsden
The work to make a flume and divert water from the Chelt into Cox's meadow, done by Alcrow, has effectively created a damm across the Chelt Valley at the upstream end of Cox's meadow. The flume is only 2 feet wide and the first action when flooding occurs is that debris comes down the Chelt and blocks it. The water then backs up the valley. It is supposed to flow over a weir on the edge of the Chelt but that path is also blocked by banks, walls and fences set in concrete. Anyone understanding transport phenomena, will appreciate that the Chelt and Lillybrook are both impeded. Under extreme flood situations, the obstruction causes backing up of both rivers and higher river levels back up the Chelt valley. This damming of the Chelt has no doubt contibuted to several £million of flood damage to properties that would otherwise have been unaffected.