FLOODING: THE DRAINAGE BASIN OF THE RIVER SEVERN

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FLOODING: THE DRAINAGE BASIN OF THE RIVER SEVERN. Tewksbury Abbey. Cheltenham railway station. There is no running water from our taps at home anymore. House sale postponed?. Gloucester City FC - 8ft goal nearly submerged. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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FLOODING: THE DRAINAGE BASIN OF THE RIVER SEVERN

Tewksbury Abbey

Cheltenham railway station

There is no running water from our taps

at home anymore

House sale postponed?

Gloucester City FC - 8ft goal nearly submerged

Desperate efforts to pump water away from Castlemeads sub station. It was closed down.

Emergency vehicles jam the road.

Desperate efforts to keep the

floodwaters back from Waltham power station

The steel panels of a barn, buckled from the

weight of waterlogged, swollen

seed

Grass grown for hay making is flattened and covered with silt - a

write-off

How do you move a 20ft barge from your

land?

Sacks of seed corn have burst open and turned rotten

after being submerged for several days

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