Flooding to follow the snow?

[Joe-Public 10]

So the big thaw has now turned into ICE.

 

Take care people it really is bad out there to-day

[Guest]

They won't be alone - Police/ ambulance staff, council staff, voluntary workers will all be involved too - all under appreciated too. SYFR do not work in isolation, nor are they the only ones who have the problems you raise again.

 

Absolutely!

 

Front line emergency workers, understaffed, without relevant kit and equipment, while money is wasted on fat cat wages and company cars. It's all backwards in this country!

 

Maybe we would have been better under ze Germans!!!

[RobbyBrown 10]

Can you imagine the scene in 2010 if Germany had won the war.....

 

 

"zis futpats nid ze grit.......grit ze pats"

 

Vhy mine fuhrer, vat about ze fat catz an ze cars....zis fat catz needz ze mercz....mine fuhre ve nid to spnd ze money on ze social problemz an ze sozial vorkers.

 

"ziz cuntry iz grinding to ze halt"

 

mine fuhrer....ve nid to spend ze money on ze vindfarms zees vill genrate 0.01% of zee cuntrys pover needs"

 

Use are ze complete ass...........you ideas vill bring zis cuntry ro ze HALT

[ChrisS6 10]

Windfarms will generate a lot more than 0.01%. You will make your political points more effectively if you get your facts correct.

[Joe-Public 10]

Flash floods could hit Britain as the big freeze turns into the big thaw, forecasters have warned.

Warmer temperatures and heavy rain are forecast across England on Saturday - before temperatures are set to plunge again.

Motorists faced treacherous driving conditions on Wednesday as a fresh wave of snow arrived following cutbacks in road gritting.

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said the bad weather had brought the economy to a standstill - with estimates it was costing at least £600 million a day.

 

Department for Transport Update :-

 

Major roads were closed, some airport runways shut and train services disrupted in the wake of the latest snowfall. And thousands of people were faced with mounting piles of rubbish outside their homes, with bins not collected for three weeks in some parts of the country.

Hospitals also reported a surge in cases of fractured and broken bones, while hundreds of schools closed.

 

Julian Mayes, senior forecaster at MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "It looks like the end of the snow but not the havoc. Originally it was thought there wasn't much of a flood risk because rivers were low and the snow was powdery.

"But flooding is now likely because tomorrow night will be much milder and southerly winds will push rain through the west. There will be rain across England on the Saturday and with milder temperatures there will be some flooding."

 

An Environment Agency spokesman said: "There may be an increased risk of flooding in some areas over the weekend due to predicted heavy rain and the partial thawing of snow due to slightly higher temperatures, and we continue to closely monitor weather conditions and river levels.

 

"Whilst snow is deep in some places, the small amount of water that results from snow melt is not expected to cause significant flooding problems if it happens steadily over many days. With the forecast rainfall, this thawing may happen more quickly."

 

Take care

[Mathom 10]

If there's heavy rain now it will flood, because the water has nowehere to go. Surface ice and snow might (if we are lucky) melt and night temps may (if we are lucky!) stay high enough not for it to freeze, but the soil will remain frozen for longer and won't drain as normal. Add to that the grit, sand and cat litter in drains, and there's not going to be much opportunity for the rain to run off.

[Joe-Public 10]

Its raining quite heavilly in Oughtibridge

will flooding be the next big issue for Sheffield

[Cozzer22 10]

River Sheaf, Porter Brook and their tributries have got flood watchs

River Don lower catchment has also but this is from Hexthorpe to Staniforth

[Hoddock 10]

Close the schools now, we simply can't take the risk.

[pigtails 10]

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/31618.aspx

 

official flood watch link...

[Tony 10]

Traffic cams are inevitably used to monitor potential flooding.

http://www.sy-transport.co.uk/traffic/sheffield_jam_cams.htm

[Pauline BHG 10]

Close the schools now, we simply can't take the risk.

 

hehehehehheheheheee that really made me chuckle !!!