Flood risks linger as Storm Claudia’s aftermath puts pressure on saturated counties – The Journal
Flood risks linger as Storm Claudia’s aftermath puts pressure on saturated counties The JournalWexford and Laois hit with floods,…
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The storm brought tornado-like damage, rising waters and severe weather alerts as it moved across western Europe. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/storm-claudia-claims-three-lives-in-portugal-floods-towns-across-wales-and-england-pfqpqhc0?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #StormClaudia #Portugal #NaturalDisaster #Floods
It's been an interesting day or so, here. A storm has left neighbouring towns flooded, the local river is as full as I have seen it for a long time, and even the road ascending up the valley from here was impassible last night.
Fark!
My hometown of Monmouth (South Wales) has been devastated by Storm Claudia and the flooding is like none I've ever seen (either with my own eyes or historical).
Thankfully Wales beat Japan with the last kick! 🏉
Really appreciate the context from people who know the history and the engineering challenges, especially @anachrocomputer and @mgleadow. It sounds like this stretch of railway has been fighting the landscape for more than a century, and the landscape keeps winning.
I suppose the uncomfortable truth is that some of these problems are genuinely hard to fix, at least without the sort of investment and long-term national planning that we are nowhere near committing to. Until then, maybe the answer is a cultural shift rather than just an engineering one.
If the climate is becoming more volatile and parts of the network sit in places that want to flood, perhaps we need to work with nature rather than pretend we can always outrun it. Build more flexibility into how we travel. Slow down a bit. Accept that weather can disrupt rigid timetables in the same way that seasons shape what food is available.
It is not the answer any of us want when we are standing on a platform watching yet another cancellation board update. But the comments here have made it clear why "just improve the drainage" is not the simple fix it sounds like, and why our expectations might need to change along with the climate.
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Apparently, being unable to do some of my normal things makes my mind go weirder.
Language geek moment:
Claudia, the name of the current Storm, is perfect.
This is because, in German, Claudia is pronounced kl-owdi-a, or... "Cloudier". :D
We have been to #YFenni today and were saddened to see that the lower town has been flooded due to excessive water run-off from nearby roads and streets.
Whether the drains or culverts were blocked or whether it was just the immense volume of rain, it was awful to see that 2 local towns had fallen victim to #stormclaudia this weekend.
One of the local café staff team told us that staff in the shops opposite had been up through the night, moving stock and then clearing up after the floods.
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Storm Claudia leaves Zara Tindall struggling with her hat
https://youtu.be/RgzYChdRrKc
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https://sailing-dulce.nl/home/article-9076 #polarvortex #straalstroom #StormClaudia #warmegolfstroom #sinterklaasintocht Zaterdag 15-11-2025 Opnieuw is de polaire vortex, de zogenaamde poolwervel, onrustig. Vaste lezers weten dat het een gevolg is van de snelle opwarming van de arctische regio. Het is het gevolg van een verlangzaming van de straalstroom, die grotere slingers en lussen maakt. Dat gebeurt ook nu: een grote lus vol koude poollucht zal over Europa zakken, zoals de WX-charts-prognose hierboven mooi..
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A major incident has been declared in Monmouth following severe and widespread flooding caused by Storm Claudia.
Thousands without power as Dublin’s River Dodder ‘remains under close observation’ – The Irish Times
Storm Claudia’s impact continues to be felt despite the lifting of orange and yellow weather warnings with thousands…
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Friday 14 Nov'25 with wet and blustery #StormClaudia
#CS3Count on London's cycleway #C3 #CS3 along Victoria Embankment 4129 cycle journeys recorded by late Friday afternoon, 526,133 since the late Sept reboot
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"Buy a house, it'll be great!"
Who do I call when my fence blows over? Oh.. that'll be me then!
This is awful for #Trefynwy #Monmouth. 😢 It's one of our favourite places to visit and has lovely independent shops. #flood
Major incident declared as #StormClaudia fallout continues.
https://nation.cymru/news/major-incident-declared-as-storm-claudia-fallout-continues/
Storm Claudia is causing huge disruption across the rail network again. There are no trains at all between Bristol and London on the Great Western Mainline because the tracks keep flooding. It is 2025, surely we can do better than this?
We rely on these routes, yet every spell of heavy rain brings the same story: tracks underwater, services cancelled, long detours, and no clear sense of when things will be back to normal. With extreme weather becoming more frequent, better drainage and proper climate resilience work on key routes should not be optional.
If we want people to choose trains over cars, the network needs to be reliable even when it is wet, which in the UK is most of the year.
#StormClaudia #UKWeather #GWR #RailUK #GreatWesternMainline #ClimateResilience #Flooding #Bristol #PublicTransport
Holy crap check out the UK grid data by energy source.
Up to 21GW on wind power at 2030 GMT.
Oof just went out to do my #PokemonGo. The worst of #StormClaudia has passed but it's still heckin' wimdy and cold out there, #Manchester.
#StormClaudia It's not been as bad as I thought it would be. We must have just been on the fringe.
