Upton upon Severn - July 2007 Floods

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July 2007 Floods Following torrential rain across large parts of the country on Friday 20th July, floods occurred in many places. The Severn in Upton rose very quickly. With main roads & motorways closed, the flood barriers were unable to get here, so the whole of the riverfront was flooded as well as New Street, parts of Old Street. The water reached the curb outside Tourist Information, The Bell House in New Street, and well past the Old Street entrance to Backfields. Many reports have since been issued and these are below - the ones I've found or been advised about.
20th July 21st July More pictures Notice Yet more pictures Evening pictures 22nd July early morning Later morning Early afternoon A picture from Kara Later afternoon Some pictures from Rupert Chambers Upton in Bloom under water 22nd evening & 23rd morning 23rd morning & other pictures 23rd afternoon An aerial picture on the BBC website 24th July More from the 24th Pictures from Darren Beale 25th Early morning More party pictures 25th & 26th Damage A picture from Peter Booth 28th July Aftermath Repairs Hyrad June & July Events from the Environment Agency (3.7MB) This is a film showing the weather pattern over the days of the June & July floods. It was running at the EA's 'Flood Drop In' sessions.	Comments Longdon Marsh 'Getting back to normal' Waste disposal MHDC Business Flooding Newsletter David Cameron in the Memorial Hall Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall Shropshire Flood press release Severn Project, Sturgeon Moon. Street Arts Link to photos of Prince Charles visit Mayor's Charity fund BBC Panorama 6th August Welsh Wind Turbines Amphicar to the rescue Mercia Rescue callouts
Reports & links produced after the floods
Environment Agency 'What happened near you'	The Pitt Review - Learning Lessons from the 2007 floods - independent review commissioned by the Cabinet Office
Environment Agency 'Review of Summer 2007 floods'	The Summer 2007 floods - a report by National Hydrological Monitoring Programme Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Wallingford Note
MHDC Overview & Scrutiny Committee Review of the District Council's response to flooding Summer 2007. Agenda item 19th February 2008	Peter Ainsworth visit April 2008
Worcestershire Joint County and District Councils Scrutiny Report on the Summer 2007, November 2008

18.00, 22nd July. The lower flood marker is 1885, the upper 1947.