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The flooding in January 2003 affected hundreds of people along the Thames and its tributaries. More than 500 properties were flooded, many more homes and businesses were in some way inconvenienced and agricultural land was inundated with floodwater. |
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The effects were worst in Chertsey, Wraysbury, Reading and Oxford. In the Thames Valley, the weeks between October and December 2002 were officially the fourth wettest since 1882. The region received almost 180% of average rainfall during this period, saturating the ground ahead of further exceptional rainfall over the New Year. |
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| On New Years’ Day and 2 January 2003 the region received almost 30% of its average monthly rainfall. River levels on the Thames reached the highest levels recorded since 1947 and in some places, the third highest since records began. | Wraysbury.Net is not responsible for the content of external internet sites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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River Thames Floods - Flow rates (Cumecs - m3 / second)
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