a 6th of the years rainfall in less than one day :/
never seen anything like it. I live in Sheffield which is one of the worst effeced areas, luckily i'm on the west so my house is ok. however the whole flooded area is my work patch, so having a nightmare on the roads, especially as the main motorway was shut today
yesterday it took me 4 hours to do a 1 hour journey. today it took me about 6 hours to travel 60 miles. absolutely nuts. not only that, i had to drive to Rotherham which is where there is a dam ready to burst, and when i got there they said they were too busy to shutdown the server so i just had to go home
one good thing came of it, Meadowhall:
http://www.meadowhall.co.uk/website/ was flooded and is closed
i hate that place and we have a lot of customers there.
piccies:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6238654.stm#
motorway :/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6239828.stm
Humberside:
Man dies after being trapped in a drain
Fire crews receive 1,500 emergency calls in a 12-hour period
Sheffield:
Teenage boy and a 68-year-old man swept to their deaths by floodwater
900 people evacuated to emergency shelters
Officials estimate "significant damage" to the city
Severe disruption to road and rail transport
Leeds:
70 houses in Halton area evacuated
5 schools closed
Ludlow, Shropshire:
Bridge collapses severing a gas main
Lowdham, Notts:
100 people evacuated
Lincolnshire:
Nine-year old boy rescued from swollen river and 60 houses evacuated in Louth
Block of 120 flats evacuated in Lincoln
Gloucester:
5 schools remain closed due to flooding
88 people rescued by fire crews, all uninjured
Bideford:
2ft of floodwater
M1 motorway:
Closed between junctions 32 and 36
Ulley reservoir, nr. Rotherham:
Nearby villages evacuated over fears dam may burst
before anyone pipes up and says "omg that's like nothing, we get that like every week", i've said it for you already, so dont bother!