July 2012- flooding in Sheffield/North Derbyshire MEGATHREAD

[NonMover 10]

Anyone know if this will last overnight, or have we seen the worst of it? Will post my pics and video in a bit by the way.

[Shazbat 10]

Looking like Don has burst at Norfolk Bridge/Savile Street and Meadowhall at Alsing Road (overspill car park) - footpaths covered.

 

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

Edited July 6, 2012 by Shazbat

[bus man 10]

Water comming down bannerdale road and going onto abbeydale road near the church - not seen that before looks to be comming from the grounds of what was the school

[NonMover 10]

Took this video in Graves Park a bit earlier. There's usually just a small stream here, this is absolutely mental, footpaths have transformed into torrents of water!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHGto9kkdwY

 

PHOTO 1: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6qsyqqPcq1qiud4jo1_500.jpg

 

PHOTO 2: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6qsyqqPcq1qiud4jo2_r1_500.jpg

[Fudbeer 12]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2638077

 

Forecast dry night from 7pm and most of Saturday.

[Cozzer22 10]

Anyone got any photos of the don?

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2638077

 

Forecast dry night from 7pm and most of Saturday.

But yesterday (Thursday), the Met Office warned of even worse weather due on Sunday.

[telekoness1 10]

Anyone ventured out into Chapeltown or Meadowhall to take pictures? I live in High Green so im on a hill and happy

[mr_arc 10]

Anyone got any photos of the don?

 

Took these in Brightside

 

Today:

15:45 http://i.imgur.com/U61Bo.jpg

16:25 http://i.imgur.com/feFcO.jpg

16:45 http://i.imgur.com/tN8Xb.jpg

Normally:

http://i.imgur.com/VyXoL.jpg

 

 

Today:

15:45 http://i.imgur.com/FZtPi.jpg

16:25 http://i.imgur.com/0BKkv.jpg

Normally:

http://i.imgur.com/RPRcA.jpg

Edited July 6, 2012 by mr_arc

[sarah1 10]

Under the bridge at the bottom of Fife Street is inpassable..

 

I turned right to go under and up onto Blackburn Road and had to turn around after going under the first bridge as it was really deep under the second..

 

Within the 5 minutes it took me to do a detour and get back on track to Blackburn Road, someone had attempted to go under the bridge and through the deep water and got stuck..

[dutch 68]

I walked along the don river between meadowhall and city center at 2 pm.

The don river today wil never have the same problems as in 2007. It has turned into a speedy motorway for water and handles twice the volume of water by moving way faster than it did in 2007.

Many islands, trees, and other obstacles have been removed and changed the character of the don river from slow to speedy.

Before 2007 the don river would get higher in places sometimes than it does now on an extreme day. They have done a very good job at sorting that problem in sheffield.

[Shazbat 10]

I really don't get how people can look at that much water at such as Fife Street, and think they can just drive through it; even if you don't know the actual road, why would you take the risk?