Storm Henk live Derbyshire updates as roads closed and trains affected by flooding after heavy rain
Among roads affected are Acorn Way in Oakwood between Raynesway and Morley Road, which is closed because of flooding, Markeaton Lane from the A52 Ashbourne Road and Kedleston Road, and the A6 between Ashford in the Water.
It's a right mystery why Ashford in the Water is subject to flooding. Could it be something recent connected with climate change?
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I'm somewhat confused. Although the recent rainfall was greater than usual it is also true that - at one time - you expected meadows and flood plains to flood seasonally. It refreshed the soil and made the grass grow for animals to graze later on.
Now good quality soil is still worth a lot to farmers. Which is why towns surrounded by meadows are often flooded (e.g. Tewksbury) and why people insist on farming the rich soil around volcanoes (despite the odd eruptions). And, if it comes to that, why fishing villages are occasionally battered by storms.
Maybe it should be renamed as "Ashford Under Water"?
Quite close to Sheffield-in-the-Urban-Heat-Island, I see.
DJ - and of course at one time you didn't build your house on a water meadow. Yet I remember houses being built on flood plains was an issue back in the seventies. On Saturday we saw lots of flooding around Tewkesbury as we passed by on the M5. Couldn't tell where the river was.
Dave - it probably will be soon - somebody will alter the road sign.
Sam - it is, but unfortunately not close enough to dry out quickly.
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