Yes. I expect it’s just the same as has always happened with a massive amount of rainfall in the inland catchment, and importantly nothing whatsoever to do with the sea wall modifications…I take it that's the 'Dawlish Water' overflowing after the heavy rain in that part of the UK?
I don’t believe they did that, if anything it’s wider. They made no changes to the cross section under the road, and that’s what keeps the level high and makes it overflow the green.Narrowing the outlet probably didn’t help.
Global Warming
Oh yes. Bandwagon and all that....Isn’t it always these days
Makes a change...Looks like the railway is the driest bit of town!
Yes it was pretty biblical down here this afternoon!
I was at Taunton station between 10 00 and 10 55 this morning and it was pretty biblical - possibly even apocalyptic - there too. The noise of the rain on the platform canopy roof was deafening and I was seriously concerned that the track circuits and signalling might have gone down before the arrival of my train. Luckily they didn't though!
Or, what we from the north east call: bit wet out. ( looked pretty awful on the weather - hopefully just a short lived autumn rain storm. Interestingly the railway looks quite dry!)Yes it was pretty biblical down here this afternoon!
Housing estates with 10 or more which got planning permission in the last few years will have Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS). From next year, they will be mandatory for all new housing. Some developers do this by digging small but deep pits to store the flood water. Its better to have big shallow pits, as they are safer for kids and animals.Water will find its path of least resistance. Stop it going one way it’ll go another. Building flood defences is like chasing your own backside. Near me we have a housing estate built on an area which was often flooded by the River Trent. They got over this by raising the ground level prior to building the houses. Somewhere else will now get that flood water.
I don’t believe the railway viaduct prevents free drainage, unless the sea level is unusually high in which case theI think the railway line n bridge/ embankment prevents water draining out onto the beach, as it's only got a few places with gaps to flow through so it backs up. Particularly if the road drains near the bus stops, and opposite the terrace facing the sea block or get overloaded, there is nowhere for the water to go.