1993–94 West Sussex floods

Period of flooding in West Sussex, England from December 1993 to January 1994 August 2026 1993–94 West Sussex floods 1993 12 30 y–1994 01 y West Sussex, England In December 1993 and January 1994, areas of West Sussex experienced flooding.Holmes C.G. January 1995 The West Sussex floods of December 1993 and January 1994 https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/j.1477-8696.1995.tb06052.x Weather Royal Meteorological Society 50 1 2–6 10.1002/j.1477-8696.1995.tb06052.x 1995Wthr...50....2H subscriptionHoad R. S. Gilham A. M. Fawcett D. S. December 2003 Chichester emergency flood alleviation project https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/wame.2003.156.4.297 Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Water and Maritime Engineering 156 4 297–304 10.1680/wame.2003.156.4.297 1472-4561 1753-7800 subscription 2021-05-28 2021-05-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20210528182546/https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/wame.2003.156.4.297 live Background thumb|The River Lavant running through Chichester, West Sussex, in March 2010 From October 1993 to January 1994, there was a significant increase in rainfall in the River Lavant drainage basin, compared to the average. From 1961 to 1990, during the October to January period, rainfall in the basin averaged 379mm. In the same period from 1993 to 1994 the basin received 610mm of rainfall, an increase of 231mm or 61%.http://nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/sites/default/files/The_Chichester_Flood_Jan_1994.pdf The Chichester Flood, January 1994 Taylor S. M. National Rivers Authority 28 May 2021 28 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210528182536/http://nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/sites/default/files/The_Chichester_Flood_Jan_1994.pdf live Floods Areas of Bosham, Chichester, Fishbourne, Lavant, Singleton, and Wittering were affected.7 February 2019 Looking back 25 years to Sussex's flooding disaster Chichester Observer https://www.chichester.co.uk/news/looking-back-25-years-sussexs-flooding-disaster-135483 28 May 2021 9 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210209133521/https://www.chichester.co.uk/news/looking-back-25-years-sussexs-flooding-disaster-135483 live West Sussex County Council distributed 2000 sandbags and the British Army distributed a further 50,000. Consequences The flood damage cost West Sussex County Council £1.9 million.Mayes Julian Regional Climates of the British Isles Wheeler Dennis Taylor & Francis 9781134771448 11 September 2002 74–76 Chapter 3: South-East England 11 September 2002 The flood was estimated to have caused £6 million of damage overall.Robins N. S. Finch J. W. 22 July 2011 Groundwater flood or groundwater-induced flood? Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology Geological Society of London 45 119–122 10.1144/1470-9236/10-040 131102476 Reforms A permanent system of flood reliefs were installed to prevent a repeat of the floods, at a cost of £4 million.3 January 2003 Flood scheme hailed a success The Argus https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6745282.flood-scheme-hailed-a-success/ 28 May 2021 28 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210528182529/https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6745282.flood-scheme-hailed-a-success/ live In 2001, the River Lavant was diverted by the Environment Agency, extending the river by 6 miles km, at a cost of £4.7 million. The agency estimated that without action flooding would occur once every 12 years, this was revised to every 75 years following the diversion.Brown Paul 7 September 2001 River diversion to save city from flooding The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2001/sep/07/uknews.flooding 28 May 2021 9 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140509214857/http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2001/sep/07/uknews.flooding live References Category:1990s floods in Europe Category:20th-century floods in the United Kingdom Category:1993 disasters in the United Kingdom Category:1993 floods Category:1994 disasters in the United Kingdom Category:1994 floods West Sussex floods West Sussex floods West Sussex floods West Sussex floods Floods, 1993-1994 Category:Floods in England