Various new flood alerts and one flood warning had been issued for areas of South West London on Monday (February 1) after additional rainfall heightened the potential of flooding within the area.
The federal government’s Flood Data Service printed a map that includes shaded orange areas of the Thames and the land surrounding it from Fulham by means of to Richmond and Kingston.
Orange flood alerts point out flooding is feasible in these areas within the rapid future.
Screenshot exhibits flood alerts and warnings in SW London close to the Thames
In the meantime, a extra critical crimson flood warning was issued for Colne Brook, close to Staines, Egham and Windsor, with the federal government division urging “rapid motion” from residents and flooding “anticipated”.
Concerning the amber alerts additional downstream in the direction of central London, a press release on the Flood Data Service web site mentioned:
“Flooding of roads and farmland is anticipated to proceed in a single day and into tomorrow, particularly within the Kingston space.
“Additional rainfall is forecast by means of the week. We anticipate river ranges to stay excessive for the following few days.
“We’re carefully monitoring the scenario. Our incident response workers are within the space checking defences and working weirs to scale back flood danger.”
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Equally, within the service warned that flooding was additionally doable in areas of Thames Ditton, Walton, and Shepperton.
Talking with the Surrey Comet, Surroundings Company Spokesperson Peter O’Connor, described what residents may do to arrange themselves.
“If we are saying flooding is feasible in any given space, then possibly get a bag along with medicines you want and so forth.
“If we are saying it’s anticipated, you have bought to consider motion: Transferring furnishings upstairs, transferring automobiles away from flood water., that kind of factor.”
O’Connor in the meantime commented on the rising variety of floods within the space in recent times.
“Should you’re asking the query, why are we seeing extra of this? The reply is that local weather change is the principle driver,” he mentioned.
“We’re seeing increasingly flooding which is linked to local weather change.
“Within the six years simply gone we have spent £2.6 billion on flood defences, defending about 336,000 properties, and we’re nearly to begin one other spherical of spending on flood safety for the following six years, which is £5.2 billion,” the EA spokesperson identified.
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