By Paul Homewood
One of the worst affected areas during last week’s floods was St Neots in Cambridgeshire.
This was the BBC’s report last Wednesday:
A flood warning has been issued for St Neots in Cambridgeshire as Storm Henk takes hold.
Rising levels on the River Great Ouse could affect large areas of the town and its suburbs, the Environment Agency said.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-67867122
The Environment Agency later reported that the River Ouse peaked at 1.83m on 5th Jan at 1.30pm. Property flooding is possible above 1.84m, according to the EA, so clearly it was touch and go:
https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/station/6174
On the same day, Friday 5th, the BBC ran a live flood page:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-67886822
It included these snippets from St Neots:
It is evident from these photos that the Riverside Park did its job as a floodplain, and that the town itself remained dry.
We can contrast that with images of flooding in St Neots in 1947:
https://paststneots.wordpress.com/2014/06/27/1947-st-neots-flood/
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