didsbury flood basin

The flood basin will be opened to the public once essential work to the path network has been completed. A man watches flood water rise at a flooded road by the River Mersey in Didsbury, Greater Manchester (Picture: Iain Watts/Mercury Press) … Figure 1. The sluice gate of the Didsbury flood storage basin, protecting people, homes and businesses from floods due increased water levels in the River Mersey, on Tuesday 3rd February 2015 in … Levels of water in the River Mersey have broken records. Greater Manchester Police assistant chief constable Nick Bailey said a flood basin in Didsbury, which takes water from the River Mersey, was full and will “over-top in the next few hours”. Snow falls in East Didsbury, Manchester, where homes are being evacuated due to risk of flooding (Peter Byrne/PA) 1970’s a flood basin was created in Didsbury as part of a flood management scheme for South Manchester (Environment Agency, 2010). The 62ha basin constructed is used to relieve peak flows on the River Mersey (see Figure 1). Greater Manchester Police assistant chief constable Nick Bailey said a basin in Didsbury, which takes water from the River Mersey, was full and will "over-top in the next few hours". Dependent on dry weather conditions, this is scheduled for early Spring. The Environment Agency said flood basins on the River Mersey in Didsbury came "very close" to being overwhelmed. This morning the Prime Minister visited Didsbury and inspected the storm basin by the River Mersey, he suggested that a tree-planting programme could be used to enhance flood defences. The distance between safety and a threat to people’s lives was a matter of centimetres, but defences held firm, the Didsbury flood basin protects around 3,000 properties, and across Greater Manchester as a whole we estimate over 23,000 properties were protected. Flood warnings are already in place for Didsbury Basin, close to the River Mersey and I would ask people in these areas to check in - if safe to do so - with neighbours, particularly those who are older or vulnerable, and ask that people do not to leave their home unless they have been asked to do so by the emergency services. Greater Manchester Police assistant chief constable Nick Bailey said a flood basin in Didsbury, which takes water from the River Mersey, was full and will “over-top in the next few hours”. Greater Manchester Police assistant chief constable Nick Bailey said a flood basin in Didsbury, which takes water from the River Mersey, was full and would “over-top in the next few hours”.

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