Flood water rises

4:17pm Wednesday 2nd January 2013 in News By Hannah White

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FLOOD water has risen in parts of Salisbury over the last few weeks, with numerous flood warnings being issued across south Wiltshire.

Queen Elizabeth Gardens, Salisbury’s Town Path, and Harnham have flooded as well as Stratford-sub-Castle and Burcombe.

Numerous warnings have been put in place by the Environment Agency over the last week including at Dolphin Industrial Estate, Muttons Bridge, St Nicholas Road and The Close in Salisbury, and Ebbesbourne Wake, Bowerchalke, Broad Chalke, Bishopstone, Stratford Tony, Coombe Bissett, Tidworth, the Woodfords and Great Durnford.

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justin sanford says...
9:50pm Wed 2 Jan 13

looks bad but not s bad as the floods of 1915,take a look here:

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Village Idiot says...
12:52pm Thu 3 Jan 13

Read that a report dated 2009 by the EA stated that they were to increrase the water table throughout the whole of the Avon Valley! All to do with improving it for the wildfowl and wetland birds as they migrate and breed! What, people don't count then?

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