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Flash floods wreak havoc
Reader Tom Moore sent in this photo of Tulketh Street
Scenes like these were repeated across Lancashire yesterday evening as many parts of the county found themselves underwater after torrential rainfall.
Many readers contacted the Evening Post with their pictures, which showed floods of water. Tulketh Road, in Ashton, Preston was heavily affected, as snaps by reader Tom Moore show, and other pictures show how Leyland, Ribbleton and Lostock Hall bore the brunt of the rains.
Firefighters said School Lane in Bamber Bridge was also badly affected, along with Spenmoor Lane in Coppull and various streets on Leyland’s Wade Hall estate.
A firefighter, who was covering Leyland station, on Wednesday, said water had been pouring into homes.
He said: “There had been one yard flooded and it had been coming through the back door of a nail and beauty place.
“The drains were unable to take that amount of water.
“At one point there was a brook and the river had flooded up and it was full.
“They had never seen so much water but there was nothing you could do because it was flooding from the river.”
Graham Nelson crew manager at Preston station, said: “We have been out on quite a few flooding incidents. We pumped a basement of a house out in the town centre.
“In Bamber Bridge we went to School Lane, to a house on a corner, and one around the corner where the owner was mopping out the kitchen.
“When it stopped the water subsided and the drains started to work again.
“It was a deluge, a massive amount to go down at once.
“I do not think any drain system could have coped with that.”
The crew also went to Red Rose Radio, in St Paul’s Square, where water had begun getting in through the roof.
British Waterways have announced a section of the Leeds Liverpool Canal will close next month due to a lack of rainfall.
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balders
Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 07:11 PMThe insignificant work going on at Strand rd seem s to have someone driving miles out of there way to avoid it eh John?? Not that insignificant then is it..........
Diesel10
Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 06:39 PMPeople clean drain covers in other residential areas - where is this then? 1954? and River your right it is "a bit pitiful to go through a brand new development". I had the misfortune of having to collect something from a house in Buckshaw village and was horrified it all - shared drives, shared verges, two 59 plate cars on every drive - cringefull and very Stepford Wives. Also, Red Rose Radio?? Didn't it change its name about 20 years ago?!?
Frenchwoody
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 11:53 PMPlanning authorities are required to consider flood risk assessment for new developments under Planning Policy Statement (PPS) 25. I wonder what happened with the Buckshaw village scheme?
jonh
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 07:04 AM"no one is willing to take responsibility over cleaning drain covers" Funny, thought that was one of the things I paid for in my water rates!! Oh and that is funny, living in Buckshaw and complaining about the numbers of people, did you buy off plan?
laffalot
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 11:22 PMThe stink comes from BT (bl00dy thieves) dirty sneaky dealings hahaha!!
Tickets Please
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 11:05 PMTalking of drains, we walked on Moor Lane yesterday afternoon before the rain and from the OpenReach (BT) offices and up the hill past the student accomodation, the drains stunk ruddy awful. Hope the rain has at least washed whatever was smelling, away.
bignorm
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 10:34 PMbadly writen and badly presented article, the clue to where the photo was taken is in the name plate on the pub wall ''BRAY ST'' and this is the junction of bray st and tulketh rd, an area noted for its flooding that is why united utilities are excavating in the area to alleviate the flooding problem, i live in bamber bridge and flooding is not unknown here but it is very rare although some areas do flood under deluges like the one yesterday, come on LEP get real and post some real stories and employ some real journalists as well, #gremw, why are you insulting work experience 15yr olds i'm sure they would do a more profesional job than this -, also buckshaw village could do with a good flooding and bury those abscene buildings that have sprung up over the last few years, but humour aside, it was pretty bad in some areas and it made a change for next doors garden to look exactly the same as everyone elses
gremw
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 04:33 PMLooks like the article has been written by a 15yr old on work experience, it's just a collection of badly worded quotes.
TJ
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 04:06 PMWhere is Tulketh Street. I have never heard of it. I presume they mean Tulketh Road
Formby
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 02:12 PMAll that water down at once and yet most of it will have washed down the drains and out to sea. The drought goes on!
chrisallendoteu
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 01:55 PM@jonh ..... Why is it down to the authorities to 'clean drain covers' the massive problem with buckshaw and being a buckshaw resident is that there are too many people on top of each other, no one is willing to take responsibility over cleaning drain covers like they would in an older residential area.... take the disgusting refuse areas dotted around buckshaw for example.....
River
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 01:23 PMYou have to admit Jonh that it's a bit pitiful to go through a brand new development on a brand new road, and then find that the road is submerged regularly by flood waters - I don't think there's any good excuse for this. I hope that the work on Strand Road actually does indeed result in extra flood protection for residents, though the primary aim of this work is to improve water quality. Broadgate residents will tell you that the roadside drains in the area are regularly blocked by leaves and other debris, and certainly not cleared often enough - simple things like regularly clearing drains can make such a big difference, but different authorities pass responsibilty for such jobs onto each other, so that they end up not getting done.
jonh
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 12:27 PMThe Buckshaw issue is down to an individual bit of poor design and construction of a section of road. As for other mitigation plans, I think there is a little bit of work going on around the docks - something quite insignificant....
white4eva
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 12:24 PMAND THERE IS STILL A HOSE PIPE BAN HAHAHAHAHAHA
River
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 11:56 AMFlash flooding used to be pretty rare, now it's getting more and more regular. This is due to a number of factors - climate change being just one. Others include the amount of development putting concrete over green spaces, loss of trees, poor maintenance of drainage and inadequate drainage. It's particularly concerning that even on brand new developments like Buckshaw Village, the road regularly floods at one point - this is really not acceptable. The authorities and developers need to be thinking about flood mitigation in everything that they do - making sure that green verges and tree planting proceeds, protecting green spaces, clearing drains and making sure that all new developments have drainage that is adequate for the more extreme weather we're beginning to experience.
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