1968 Chew Stoke flood

Severe weather event in England April 2022 Chew Stoke flood Close-up_of_the_memorial_to_the_flood,_Woollard_-_geograph.org.uk_-_482605.jpg Memorial to Old Woollard Bridge, destroyed by the flood. 10 July 1968 Somerset, Bristol 7–8 Chew Stoke Flood was a heavy rain event and severe flash flood which occurred on 10 July 1968, affecting Somerset and Southwest England in particular the Chew Valley and some areas of Bristol, notably Bedminster.Flooding risk: A look back at devastating Bedminster floods of 1968 http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/flooding-risk-look-devastating-bedminster-floods/story-20061860-detail/story.html 18 January 2017 Bristol Post 11 November 2013 enNovember 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes The River Chew suffered a major flood in 1968 with serious damage to towns and villages along its route, including sweeping away the bridge at Pensford.The great flood of 1968 Memories of Bristol http://weldgen.tripod.com/the-great-flood-1968/index.html 2006-01-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20060502142132/http://weldgen.tripod.com/the-great-flood-1968/index.html 2 May 2006 dead On 10 July 1968, torrential rainfall, with 175 mm in 1 falling in 18 hours on Chew Stoke, double the area's average rainfall for the whole of July,Richley Rob The Chew Valley floods of 1968 Environment Agency Exeter June 2008 led to widespread flooding in the Chew Valley, and water reached the first floor of many buildings. Hucker, Ernest 1997 Chew Stoke Recalled in Old Photographs Ernest Hucker 0-9531700-0-4 The damage in Chew Stoke was not as severe as in some of the surrounding villages, such as Pensford where it swept away the bridge over the A37 and damaged the railway viaduct so badly that it never reopened. It also flooded 88 properties in Chew Magna with many being inundated with 8 ft m 1 of water. Fears that the Chew Valley Lake dam would be breached caused considerable anxiety.Memories of Bristol's Weather – The Great Flood of 1968 http://www.bristolhistory.com/?pageid=61234 bristolhistory.com 2007-07-03 On the southern side of the Mendip Hills at Cheddar the flow of water swept large boulders down the gorge and damaged the cafe and entrance to Gough's Cave,40 years since the Great Gorge Flood http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/40_years_since_the_great_gorge_flood_1_321776 24 February 2011 Western Mercury 10 July 2008 29 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110929011254/http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/40_years_since_the_great_gorge_flood_1_321776 dead washing away cars.The Chew Valley floods of 1968 http://www.publow-with-pensford-pc.gov.uk/pub/backlook/env_agency_leaflet.pdf Environment Agency 24 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716144901/http://www.publow-with-pensford-pc.gov.uk/pub/backlook/env_agency_leaflet.pdf 16 July 2011 dead In the cave itself the flooding lasted for three days.Donovan D.T. Gough's Cave, Cheddar, Somerset. Quaternary Stratigraphy Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelæological Society 2006 24 1 17–35 http://www.ubss.org.uk/resources/proceedings/vol24/UBSS_Proc_24_1_17-35.pdf 24 February 2011 A Spanish plumeSpanish Plume http://www.weathercast.co.uk/weather-news/news/ch/c21b116d849b9eb70e0f38798ec68fbd/article/spanish_plume.html Meteogroup 3 November 2012 weather pattern saw a low over the northwest of Spain track across the Bay of Biscay, hot and humid air advected to the eastern side of the low leading to severe storms.Pforzheim 1968 http://www.tornadoliste.de/pforzheim1968.htm Thomas Sävert 26 March 2012 The wake of the storm left 7 fatalities in the United Kingdom.Wednesday 10 July 1968 http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/e/r/Chew_Stoke_Floods_-_10_July_1968.pdf Met Office 26 March 2012 See also July 1968 England and Wales dust fall storms, severe storms just one week prior Great Flood of 1968, widespread and severe flooding in the Home counties of southern England during September 1968. References 2 External links Environment Agency, Learning the lessons: The Chew Valley floods of 1968 Met Office, Chew Stoke floods 1968 Category:Floods in England Category:1968 natural disasters Category:1968 disasters in the United Kingdom Category:1968 in England Category:1960s floods in Europe Category:20th-century floods in the United Kingdom Category:1960s floods Category:July 1968 in the United Kingdom Category:20th century in Somerset