Flooding in Bridgnorth

Residents have been busy trying to keep themselves and their homes dry in Bridgnorth after the River Severn burst its banks and flooded much of the town in the aftermath of Storm Dennis.
This video shows the extent of the flooding across the area, where further rain was expected.
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[@TheCWMHALL]

Dredge the river ! Why build on the flood plain .

[@nlo114]

The floodplain is wide, and the alluvial silt goes down a long, long way. If you dredge the river, it will erode the banks and find it's own natural course. If you pile the edges, the silt will flow up from below. I have a flood plain at the bottom of my garden; the old area maps say 'liable to flooding', and 'not suitable for building'. Where the planners allowed building because it hadn't flooded for a century, the first thing it did was flood and the people that had the misfortune not to have seen the old maps suffer as a consequence.
When my bit of flood plain gets inundated, there is 4 " of water under my floorboards, the house gets damp and smells, but then dries out for the next ten years. I too didn't research it, I was just fortunate enough to be a few inches higher than the other houses.

[@TheCWMHALL]

The old Georgian and Victorian houses at Bridgnorth ( Salop ) on the River Severn have a flight of steps up to the front door , however modern properties built on the flood plain have ignored this practice .