Thank you for the amazing footage. I was talking to my dad about this flooding and he reminded me that years ago, farmers used to have ditches around their fields to combat flooding. He said that these days, the ditches have been filled in by greedy builders and so the water has nowhere to go. I can remember jumping over those ditches when I was a youngster. Also, the councils don't have the machines to clean grids out anymore, so they just leave grids without cleaning them like they used to years ago. Hence this flooding is happening. The government needs to start doing things to combat this flooding, its just heartbreaking to see... but thank you for your hard work DJE.... its amazing footage again! xx
@@ineos23 you are welcome... I'm probably older than you and can remember how things used to be. These things were put in place for a reason but greedy people have bought land and filled in those safety places. Thank you for your kind comment x
Agreed @Denise I see so many grips on verges not dug out regularly & blocked gullies resulting in flooding. Modern drivers have no idea how to drive on flooded roads either.
You missed the flood level plaque on the street by the theatre, it's been worse in 1998 since the gauge was installed as you pointed out but 1901 and 1932 have been considerably higher still, 1901 in-particular, much of the whole town was flooded.
Crikey, when you went low over the water with the drone, my heart was in my mouth. As you say, it wasn't as low as it looked but I was still expecting it to go into the briney. Good footage once again thank you.
all the rivers are silted up they don't dredge them the result is floods.more concrete and houses built thats less soil for the water to soak into so river have to take it
Yes thats about it and all about it. Instead of the rain percolating slowly away it’s now all or nothing as it comes from the gutters and concrete or tarmac, plus farmland drainage being much more efficient and numerous now , that hasn’t helped the situation either.
Really good video been to Stratford On Avon, looked like there were some houses suffering in the area, but a lot of businesses and fields suffering mainly, as well as canal folk on the boats.
I enjoy all your videos DJ, but these flood ones i find very interesting, i thort where i live in chelmsford it was bad flooding lol, but when i saw your videos of the floods, OMG that is bad flooding, i love all the swans in your video never seen so many in one area lol, theres swans where iam theres 2 sets with their cygnets all along the canal even tho they were all over the place recently coz of the high water and flooding from the rains hear, i love my swans lol, stay safe xXx 💕🦢☔🌊
Very nice storm coverage. Would have been icing on the cake if some prat would have hassled you about the camera. Maybe the water level was too high for Karen. 👍
I wonder if authorities started dredging more and invested in rebuilding the Victorian sewage and drains, we might see less flooding in these areas. I feel sorry for the families living in those areas. Water where it shouldn’t be, ruins homes. Now temperatures are dropping towards 0, I dread how people will cope here.
If the ea would actually dredge the rivers these days we wouldn’t have floods like we nowadays Theres a case where a farmer dredged the river and the ea took him to court and he got sent to jail for looking after the river that hasn’t flooded since he cleaned the river up baffles me how they can get away with this sort of behaviour
Because the government ignored the obvious issues and common sense and told them they could so that developers (a significant source of donations to the Tory party) can make more money. It really is that simple.
I was working in the construction industry until retiring recently and I can reassure you that none of the councils in the Midlands allow building on flood plains these days.
Everybody is blaming it all on storm Henk. What about the 2 pevious storms and all the rain since October. The ground was saturated before Henk came along.
I'd avoid using that bridge & I wouldn't let my young kid's near the water. Unexpected accidents happen. My heart goes out to the people who have their homes flooded by dirty water.
good use of the drone. dje has the drone on standby for interesting events. leave it to the professionals like dje to get the info..alternative media with honesty and respect
How can this be entitled The Worst Flood ever? I was in Evesham in 2007 when that was the worst ever, & Stratford was also the worst ever, & markings ARE shown on the Bowling Green fence. So it’s not the worst ever, but close.
@@DJEMEDIA Since when did you believe a government site , anyway it's almost, I say that became years ago I drove through Stratford going to work and it was much worse. You are a great watch keep vloging.
