StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: winter storms

white - 8th Jan 2005 gold - Storm Desmond 05 Dec 2015 The second "once in 100 year event" in a decade - subsequently, serious flood defences were built ... which have kept the floodwaters away from the city centre. A short distance from the Joiners' Arms is a biscuit bakery ... both floods wrecked the ground floor ovens, causing a nationwide shortage of my favourite ginger biscuits, as cleaning and repairs took about six months ! There was a car hire place just along from here, and the staff were kept busy driving the cars away to safety, onto higher ground. I think they also manged to save some furniture / computers ... Sadly, in some of the other areas badly affected, there were casualties [at least one death from drowning]

Winter Storms "Ciara" [8 - 11th Feb 2020] and "Dennis" [15 - 19th Feb 2020] caused the majority of the excess rainfall recorded in February 2020. Prior to this, between November 2019 and January 2020, there had periods of excessive rainfall, so the ground was pretty much already saturated. There was a good deal of flooding and related damage in the UK & Europe, plus some 25 fatalities in this wider area. . . Not my Image : Fair Use & public information.