This picture shows just one area of the terrible floods (Upton-on-Severn). These recent floods are affecting many towns and cities in the South of England. The areas that have seen the worst effects are those around the River Severn, Britains longest river. S4 will remember this is one of the case study rivers that we looked at when studying rivers in S3. The floods have not only ruined houses but left over 350000 people (more than the population of the whole of Aberdeen) without clean water (this may seem ironic but the flood waters have contaminated the water supply) and up to 15 000 homes without electricity when a power station had to be switched off. The links below will take you to either some photographs of the effects of flooding over the last couple of days and also some articles.Just photos: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6910638.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6910635.stm
Articles: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6911226.stm#anchor
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2123487.ece
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weather/Story/0,,2132767,00.html
If you want to keep an eye on the weather click here for the 5 day forecast for Britain. http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/
