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Postby maureenho » 26 Aug 2015, 17:35

Think it’s wet today? 103 years ago today, Norwich was properly flooded r987 r987 r987 r987

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Norwich during the 1912 Norwich floods. Photo by Broadland Memories (http://www.broadlandmemories.co.uk)

Edward Colman
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
1:41 PM

It may have been month of wet weather across the region, but it is nothing compared to the heartache and misery of the 1912 floods which left parts of Norwich and Norfolk underwater 103 years ago today.

More than a century ago a very wet August culminated in non-stop rain and a howling gale force wind on August 26 and the following two days.

Swollen rivers burst their banks and the water cascaded into the city turning roads into rivers.

Four months’ worth of rain fell in a day, causing chaos in Norwich and the county and our gallery of pictures, from Broadland Memories, looks back at the effects of the flooding.

http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/thi ... _1_4209568
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Re: Think it’s wet today?

Postby Rosalind » 26 Aug 2015, 19:28

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Postby wendy » 27 Aug 2015, 07:30

oh dear thank goodness for improvements
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