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Floods cause chaos across Wirral
11:25am Tuesday 25th September 2012 in News By Stephanie Cureton
Trafflc officer in Brimstage Road, Clatterbridge. Picture: Paul Heaps
WIRRAL’S rivers, roads and residents struggled to cope as flooding swept through parts of the borough this week.
Police were called to a children’s nursery in Brimstage after water levels outside became 3ft deep and tots were left stranded.
Staff at Jack and Jill Day Nursery called for help after they noticed the rising water levels and police ferried the children to Clatterbridge roundabout where they were reunited with their parents.
And in Frankby, a driver had to be rescued by firefighters after he broke down in flooding on China Farm Lane. The 30-year-old man was unharmed and was pushed to safety by firefighters at around 4.30pm on Monday.
Fire crews were also called into action when a garden became flooded in Garden Hey Road, Saughall Massie. Around six inches of water was diverted out of the garden to nearby drains.
Following the heavy downpours, the Environment Agency were forced to issue a flood warning to residents living near the Riveracre Brook in Great Sutton but lifted it after river levels began to drop.
A flood alert for parts of Heswall, Ellesmere Port, Bebington, Hoylake and Wallasey was also put in place due to possible problems with the rivers Birkett, Riveracre, Arrowbrook, Fender and Dibbinsdale.
And commuters also faced chaos as train services were suspended on the Chester and Ellesmere Port lines, while Hamilton Square was closed on Monday due to a power fault. Flood water also caused problems on Poulton Road, Spital, Clatterbridge Road, Clatterbridge and Brimstage Road, Clatterbridge and Neston Road, Thornton Hough.
The Environment Agency recorded a four-year high for the River Birkett at Davis Road, Moreton where levels reached 2.89m. A spokesman for the Met Office said around 40 to 50mm of rain fell on Merseyside on Monday – around two to three weeks of rain in one day. The spokesman said much of the rain fell in one 10-hour period and more downpours were expected .
There were 17 flood warnings and 37 flood alerts in place across the North West on Tuesday morning, the Environment Agency said.
Comments(4)
Hugo1008
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6:53pm Tue 25 Sep 12
I cannot remember when I last saw any ditch maintenance taking place, in fact hedge cutting, ditch cleaning, grass verge cutting. and that kind of upkeep and maintenance is getting quite sparse, even for that matter on the Motorways.
It was only after some complaints that the sludge gully sucker machine was deployed in my locality after some flooding last winter, and that was not a bad winter.
So what is going on with WBC or their contractors.
David Scott
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7:59pm Thu 27 Sep 12
Ben Beaconsfield
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9:10am Fri 28 Sep 12
David Scott wrote:The European Commission is too awash with corruption to worry about whether this country is awash with flood water or not.
Around the country, local river and drainage boards have been having their powers transferred to the Environment Agency, a quango more keen on satellites and flood warnings than actually ensuring that ditches and water-courses are kept clear. Long established practices have been abandoned. To the Environment Agency the priority is compliance with EU habitats directives.
spamfiend says...
6:06pm Tue 25 Sep 12