{"id":144651,"date":"2023-12-11T13:16:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T13:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=144651"},"modified":"2023-12-11T13:16:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T13:16:51","slug":"flooding-at-st-ives-in-cambridgeshire-after-river-ouse-burst-its-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/world-news\/flooding-at-st-ives-in-cambridgeshire-after-river-ouse-burst-its-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"Flooding at St Ives in Cambridgeshire after River Ouse burst its banks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> The town surrounded by flood water during Storm Fergus: St Ives in Cambridgeshire is almost cut off after the River Great Ouse burst its banks in torrential rain<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE &#8212;\u00a0Flood warnings in the wake of Storm Fergus leave Brits on alert<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE &#8212; Met Office says it could snow between Christmas and New Year<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Cambridgeshire market town has been deluged by flooding after the River Great Ouse burst its banks following days of persistent heavy rain.<\/p>\n<p>Aerial photographs showed how St Ives and the surrounding area were underwater today following torrential downpours associated with Storm Elin and Storm Fergus.<\/p>\n<p>The Environment Agency (EA) issued a flood alert for the river between the villages of Brampton to Earith and confirmed in an update today that levels were still high.<\/p>\n<p>Experts added that the levels would &#8216;remain responsive to further rainfall&#8217; &#8211; and while no rain was forecast today, more is set to arrive tomorrow and into Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The EA warned that further rain &#8216;could see river levels begin to rise again as the catchment is saturated&#8217;, adding: &#8216;Flooding may be possible over the next few days.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/11\/78817407-12849867-image-a-23_1702292871128.jpg\" height=\"356\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Flooding at St Ives in Cambridgeshire yesterday after the River Great Ouse burst its banks<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/10\/78816955-0-image-a-22_1702291795920.jpg\" height=\"475\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The River Great Ouse through St Ives in Cambridgeshire has burst its banks, seen yesterday<\/p>\n<p>The areas most at risk are around the river from Brampton to Earith, including Back Brook, Hall Green Brook, Parsons Drove Drain, Swavesey Drain and Wadsbys Folly.<\/p>\n<p>The EA said access to Godmanchester could be affected, and warned people to &#8216;take care on riverside roads and footpaths, and don&#8217;t put yourself in unnecessary danger&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>They confirmed an update would be issued at 6pm today, adding: &#8216;We are continuing to monitor the situation and will provide further updates as the situation changes.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>On the opposite side of England, the other town called St Ives &#8211; located in Cornwall &#8211; saw over half its monthly December average rainfall in just 24 hours last Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In total, more than 250 areas of Britain remained on flood watch today after the two named storms brought winds of up to 81mph and torrential rain over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/10\/78816953-0-image-a-20_1702291790321.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Cambridgeshire market town of St Ives, pictured yesterday, has been deluged by flooding<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/11\/78817395-12849867-A_map_from_the_Environment_Agency_shows_the_flood_alert_area_aro-m-27_1702292959048.jpg\" height=\"378\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A map from the Environment Agency shows the flood alert area around the River Great Ouse<\/p>\n<p>Severe weather following Storm Elin and Storm Fergus will continue later this week after a break with dry and sunny weather today &#8211; with eastern Scotland expecting up to 3in (75mm) of rainfall tomorrow, equivalent to a third of the monthly average.<\/p>\n<p>The washout will continue until Wednesday in some areas, but from Thursday most parts will see drier and brighter weather with slightly above-average temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Environment Agency has 202 flood alerts for areas of England where flooding is &#8216;possible&#8217;, plus 42 more serious warnings where flooding is &#8216;expected&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has eight flood alerts in place, while Natural Resources Wales has a further seven alerts \u2013 taking the UK total to 259.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12849867\/storm-fergus-floods-st-ives-river-ouse-banks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The town surrounded by flood water during Storm Fergus: St Ives in Cambridgeshire is almost cut off after the River&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Flooding at St Ives in Cambridgeshire after River Ouse burst its banks - The Projects World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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