Flood update: not so bad after all
As I write, the streets of Reading are bathed in glorious afternoon sunshine. Very pleasant and very much what we expect (hope) to see at this time of year.
Visitors have been streaming in today as a result of the flood notice I posted yesterday. I was wrong about my traffic forecast: today vehicles flowed smoothly (have the school summer holidays begun already?) and I saw only very mild flooding around the river at Thames Valley Park, glinting in the sun, suggesting that the predicted deluge was moving very slowly indeed.
Here is the latest warning issued by Reading Borough Council:
The Environment Agency have put the River Thames at Reading on Flood Warning (along with almost all of the surrounding areas including Sonning, Twyford, Caversham, Wargrave, Charvil etc). The Environment Agency has now advised that the waters at Reading are expected to rise early on Wednesday morning 25 July, but to a lesser degree than previously predicted. However, residents and businesses are advised to keep their flood precautions in place until the Environment Agency issue the all clear.
There is now less risk of disruption to travel.