Dawlish wrote:
On Saturday, August 24, 2013 8:31:49 PM UTC+1, Dave Cornwell wrote:
As at 20.30 - still raining

Laindon (here) 71mm

Corringham - 76mm

Hadleigh - 89mm

Canvey island- 87mm



This is a particular problem on Canvey Island as it is below sea level.

The roads are under a foot or more of water as high tide was around 4pm

so the water can't flow away. The main A127 is also shut.

Maybe why there were yellow warnings issued Lawrence?



Dave

Goodness. It's not often that about 1/6th of a place's annual rainfall falls in one 24-hour period. Impressive - and at spring tides in a low lying area too obviously led to flooding. Good job there wasn't a NE gale, or Jan 1953 could have been repeated.
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Unlikely with the new sea walls and tidal barrier but a potential
problem as tidal barriers stop water flowing out at the same time as the
tide coming in!
Dave