Storm Bella: Queen Elizabeth II Bridge closes and UK rivers swell to record levels
28 December, 2020
With Storm Bella buffeting the UK overnight, a far more appropriate moniker might have been Storm Belladonna - deadly nightshade, since it is additionally known.
The tempest has recently has forced the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge in Kent to shut with gale-force winds jeopardising the safe passing of vehicles.
In Cambridgeshire, the towns of Eaton Socon, St Neots and Little Paxton are now experiencing their highest-ever documented river levels - and flooding is needs to affect properties. Ominously, the local district council is usually predicting that levels will continue steadily to rise until past due afternoon tomorrow.
The flood warmings follow days and nights of wet weather which may have already seen rivers swell throughout the UK.
Graham Windram, whose houseboat was first washed onto the banking institutions of the fantastic Ouse river found in Great Barford on Saturday, had to secure his home and “abandon ship” out of precaution, he told British broadcaster Sky Information.
In Bedford, residents set up flood defences and sandbags to keep increasing river waters away well into the nights, said Jan Schofield, who lives on The Embankment aside from the river.
Both Great Barford and Bedford in Tier 4, the highest level of coronavirus limitations in England, but residents were allowed to keep their homes to seek shelter and safety.
“This hasn’t yet suddenly allow Covid to disappear,” Philip Simpkins, leader of Bedford Borough Council, told Sky News.
He urged people never to get “heroic,” and follow Covid safety suggestions.
Flood warnings were set up found in Wales, too, where in Saturday winds of 83mph were recorded found in the north of the united states.
Source: www.thenationalnews.com
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