As I mentioned yesterday, following the York floods of 2015, an upgrade to the city flood defences is in progress. This shot is taken from Lendal Bridge, looking towards the flood wall along Wellington Row, and you can see the old height of the wall, with newer brickwork raising it's height. This was amongst the work that took place last summer.
The river in this shot is to the left of the line of posts. To the right of the posts is a small paved area with seats, covered with flood water.
To the right of the wall two pedestrians walk casually along in an area which would have been flooded with the river at this height before the original wall was built in the 1980's
I have similar shots from Germany Beck, site of the Battle of Fulford 1066 and a 650 homes building site. The Beck is a lake, Fordlands Rd closed to traffic, huge pumps were hard at work, but Fulford Ings did their job as nature designed them on the other side of the A19
Lovely capture to show us the effect of the floods. No damage here because of the raised wall - I hope it is the same everywhere. We haven't had a single drop of rain since the beginning of the year and the situation is becoming worrying.
Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.
It's good to see that the defences have worked so well during this flood, although there is still work to do to raise some of the defences - but then, this flood was around a metre lower than the record flood of 2000.
Thank you Nina. Often the floods in York only last a short time - often a couple of days or less, but this time the river has been high for over two weeks, which is very unusual.
Ian
February 26th, 2020
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Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.
It's good to see that the defences have worked so well during this flood, although there is still work to do to raise some of the defences - but then, this flood was around a metre lower than the record flood of 2000.
Ian
How long does it take for the water to subside?
Thank you Nina. Often the floods in York only last a short time - often a couple of days or less, but this time the river has been high for over two weeks, which is very unusual.
Ian