A river that threatens to overflow its banks in the wake of Storm Babet has forced the evacuation of about 70 dwellings due to concerns about new flooding.
Following the storm, residents of Fiskerton, which is near Lincoln, were advised to evacuate because the River Witham would flood.
According to Lincolnshire County Council, engineers are evaluating the possibility of a “breach” after the Environment Agency verified that two areas of the riverbank near Fiskerton suffered damage.
A river that threatens to overflow its banks in the wake of Storm Babet has forced the evacuation of about 70 dwellings due to concerns about new flooding.
Following the storm, residents of Fiskerton, which is near Lincoln, were advised to evacuate because the River Witham would flood.
According to Lincolnshire County Council, engineers are evaluating the possibility of a “breach” after the Environment Agency verified that two areas of the riverbank near Fiskerton suffered damage.
It stated: “The 70 households that were advised to evacuate are urged not to return while the risk remains, but as of right now, the bank is still holding the river water in.”
“An information centre is open at Fiskerton Village Hall for residents to find more information or support to find alternative accommodation.”
Along with warning citizens to be wary of such scams, the council stated that any county council members who visited homes would be carrying identification.
Water levels were still high in certain places, according to the bulletin, but things were “largely improving across the county”.
After receiving a large number of calls connected to flooding over the last several days, Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue
Service announced on Thursday that it was attempting to minimize inconvenience and pleaded with people to “please follow our advice and do not drive through flood water!”
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The yellow warning for rain issued by the Met Office has already been extended by 24 hours, so it will remain in effect for the majority of the weekend.
The regions included by the rain warning are Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee, and Perth and Kinross. Prolonged downpours caused issues for the people of these areas last week, including flooding.
It will now stay in effect until Sunday at 12 p.m.
As a result, we were not as accurate in anticipating the location of such severe rain as we would have been, Ms. Coffey told the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Committee of the House of Commons.
Can rain actually originate from the “wrong direction” then? Several scientists that MailOnline contacted with refute this idea.
As an additional consequence of climate change in the UK, she said, “we’ve also seen increases in rainfall, particularly intense rainfall that can lead to flash floods.”
The final line, according to University of Lincoln climate science professor Edward Hanna, is that, as a result of climate change, “we can expect (and are already experiencing) more extreme high rainfall events anywhere in the country, and better preparation is needed.”
“Last week’s storm was not unprecedented,” he told MailOnline.
In the past, storms or low-pressure systems have brought rain to regions of eastern and central England from the east or southeast. The heavy rains and devastating floods that occurred in June 2007 in Sheffield and Hull stand out in particular.
Typically, Scotland and England’s eastern regions are
