Floods

**xXxSammi88xXx** · 24 Dec 20, 08:09 AM

Anyone else affected by the flooding? Our town is flooded so hubby has just gone out to see if theres any way he can still get to work today.I’m supposed to be having all my xmas meat and veg delivered today from the local farm shop but dont know if they will be able to come now. Oh well freezer buffet food for christmas lunch!

Lots of people asking for sandbags on local facebook page. Feel so sorry for people having to deal with this aswell as everything else going on especially on christmas eve!

Mr Tom Morrow · 24 Dec 20, 08:18 AM

South East Wales got hammered. Some shops in Newport the water is up to the top of the counters!

My Neighbour has borrowed my pump and has his and mine pumping his garden out

Mind you the houses cannot flood in a thousand years it's just the gardens are lower lying.

BBC News picture of Newport.

**EssexSue** · 24 Dec 20, 08:34 AM

The village where my son and daughter live has been flooded, my son in law was making up sandbags last night. We should have been going there today but obviously that isn't happening now.
This year just keeps on giving doesn't it?

dreamadream · 24 Dec 20, 08:40 AM

It’s bad here in the south west. So many of my colleagues are affected and a few couldn’t get home last night and one got stuck in her car. A friend said her shop is under water. Worst possible time fo the year after a rubbish year

disney_l81 · 24 Dec 20, 09:15 AM

Took me 4 hours to get home last night from Cardiff to sully- had to abandon the car in penarth and walk the rest of the way home - was absolute chaos. Homes in our village flooded where they never have before. Terrible.

cherub85 · 24 Dec 20, 09:39 AM

A lot of flooding in Northants too, the little town where my school is has flooded badly but the community have really come together putting out sand bags and the local cafe opened up to provide a warm refuge!

leenkerri · 24 Dec 20, 11:35 AM

We had it pretty bad here in The Fens. A lot of houses around me got flooded. The Tesco express in St Ives has major flood damage got a few feet of water apparently.

**EssexSue** · 24 Dec 20, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by leenkerri

We had it pretty bad here in The Fens. A lot of houses around me got flooded. The Tesco express in St Ives has major flood damage got a few feet of water apparently.

I love St Ives, there's are restaurant there we have been known to frequent.

duncanb · 24 Dec 20, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by cherub85

A lot of flooding in Northants too, the little town where my school is has flooded badly but the community have really come together putting out sand bags and the local cafe opened up to provide a warm refuge!

Yep at Top end at the Welland Valley very bad.
See Billing Aquadrome being evacuated at this time then again it does flood here regularly.
Corby really bad last night loads of roads shut.
Brigstock and Geddington took a battering.

Welland at Northants Rutland border or the new Welland reservoir.

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	24 Dec 20, 09:15 AM disney_l81 Very Serious Dibber
disney_l81 Very Serious Dibber Join Date: Jan 16	Took me 4 hours to get home last night from Cardiff to sully- had to abandon the car in penarth and walk the rest of the way home - was absolute chaos. Homes in our village flooded where they never have before. Terrible.

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	24 Dec 20, 09:39 AM cherub85 Very Serious Dibber
cherub85 Very Serious Dibber Join Date: Feb 12	A lot of flooding in Northants too, the little town where my school is has flooded badly but the community have really come together putting out sand bags and the local cafe opened up to provide a warm refuge!