Flood photos: Water carry-on in Reading
A little late, perhaps, but here are some pictures taken in Reading after it really, really poured last Friday (the above was snapped at the Overdown Road/Kentwood Hill roundabout in Tilehurst - a lady can be seen gingerly crossing the flooded road):
- Water sloshes about as cars approach a flooded Overdown Road/Kentwood Hill roundabout
- Traffic grinds to a halt at the same roundabout (check out the 2 4×4 vehicles - they don’t look so bad now)
- A flooded Oracle riverside, though this actually occurs several times a year (it happened earlier this year already)
Matt Brady on July 25th 2007 in Climate
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Drew B's take on tech PR responded on 27 Jul 2007 at 12:15 pm #
Finding our floods…
All around us right now there are huge floods from this torrential rain that’s hitting the UK. Our village is ok, but the next one along, Pangbourne, we can’t even drive to as the roads have been closed. When I…
Terry Gorton responded on 27 Jul 2007 at 8:43 pm #
I’d heard that Overdown Road had flooded, but hadn’t believed it. As I live higher up the hill, if my house gets flooded there won’t be much of England let alone Reading left.
Matt Brady responded on 27 Jul 2007 at 11:27 pm #
Hi Drew, I saw images of flooded Pangbourne the other night on a regional news programme. Unbelievable. More heavy rain is expected this weekend. I thought, back in April, that we were going to have a record-breaking summer. We’re getting it alright, though not the records I was hoping for!
Matt Brady responded on 27 Jul 2007 at 11:38 pm #
Hi Terry, it’s enough to give you that sinking feeling
Great Reading FC blog, by the way. Can’t believe that Kingsley was beaten by a pair of hippos! So much for the king of the jungle…
How well do you think Reading will do next season?