Localised Flooding.

• howard mcsweeney1

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  5 January 2016     10:12289249
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  No doubt we will hear of more roads to avoid as the day goes on.
  
  
  http://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/heavy-rain-leads-to-flooding-48648/
• howard mcsweeney1

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  5 January 2016     13:49289259
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  As the weather fails to relent many roads are becoming impassable and bus services affected.
  
  
  http://www.dover-express.co.uk/Emergency-services-called-deal-Dover-flooding/story-28467076-detail/story.html
• howard mcsweeney1

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  5 January 2016     14:22289260
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  Hail stones where I am and reports of closed roads in Capel, Hougham, Whitfield, Lydden and Deal.
• Guest 698

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  5 January 2016     14:43289263
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  Some nasty deep puddles catching people unawares on the A256 between Whitfield and the Barville roundabout. Not nice hitting 6 inches of water at 70mph.
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• howard mcsweeney1

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  5 January 2016     19:51289270
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  Just heard that the Dour has burst its bank near Morrison's.
• Brian Dixon

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  5 January 2016     20:02289271
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  good god.is that the road side of morrisons
  • Morrisons
• howard mcsweeney1

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  5 January 2016     20:56289272
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  Correct Brian that was an hour so things may have got worse, just had a hail storm where I am.
• Brian Dixon

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  6 January 2016     06:16289273
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  just heavy rain up my way.but the pedestrian section between the town hall and priory street was awash [river like] yesterday morning.
• Guest 640

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  6 January 2016     07:22289274
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  It is absolutely horrible torrential rain..pounding on the roof, almost bashing in the windows. I don't think I have ever seen rain like it and it persisted in waves all day...beware the deluge! There is some unfortunate local flooding too as we can see and as we have seen on our TV screens further north. The level of rain is directly linked it seems to the warm January...flowers are blooming across the nations parks and gardens bewildered by the ambient temperatures.
  
  Took this picture through a downpour last night looking towards the Port ... only essential traffic ventured out.
  

  
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• howard mcsweeney1

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  6 January 2016     11:27289282
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  Very different this morning from Paul's photo, sun and a slight breeze to help with the clearing up. For lovers of irony on the list of flooded roads is Canute Road in Deal. History repeating itself?
• Guest 643

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  6 January 2016     13:21289285
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  What a beautiful morning after all that rain. Just been up the Battery to eat our lunch in the sunshine. We were really enjoying it when a middle aged guy came over to our car, leaned on the roof and asked my husband "Are you swingers?" He replied "No - are you then?" to which the man grinned and said "Yeah ....", I gave him a dirty look and he went back to his car!!
  "oooo - Betty!" as Frank Spencer would say
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• Karlos

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  6 January 2016     14:58289288
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  Think this is accessible to all. Live pictures of people walking through puddle in Newcastle.
  https://www.periscope.tv/w/1YpKkrVPNVyxj
  Exciting stuff!
• Guest 977

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  6 January 2016     16:21289300
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  Just had a message from the Environment Agency that groundwater levels in the Dover Alkham Bourne catchment are very high and rising, the Alkham and Watersend bournes will soon start flowing, and there are likely to be problems for households in the area using septic tanks for sewage.
  
  Didn't stop local volunteers helping the South East Rivers Trust to install a fish pass in Kearsney today.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

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  7 January 2016     10:06289328
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  I don't know how saturated the earth is but after a pleasant day yesterday the rain is back with a vengeance, hopefully it will not cut off too many roads especially the more vulnerable rural ones.
• Guest 977

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  7 January 2016     10:29289329
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  The official local rainfall for Tuesday was 90mm - we recorded 70mm on our weather station, just 13.5mm today but should stop soon.
• Guest 1395

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  7 January 2016     15:37289334
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  I looked at my back garden this morning and wondered if I should start planting rice......
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