The highest flood on the River Severn in recent times was in July 2007. It overwhelmed the waterworks in Tewkesbury, which cut off piped drinking water for 2 weeks to 340,000 people. It very nearly cut off electricity to 600,000 thousand people, the electricity station was saved by the frantic efforts of a lot of people. Some houses in Tewkesbury have only just been dried out, repaired, and re-occupied by their owners. Fortunately there were very few deaths.
The River Severn had a major flood in 2007. There were no people injured in this great flood and no property was damaged.
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no it was but it may be soon
People died, and there was crop damage.
1 person
The Severn is the longest river in Britain and has the2nd highest tide anywhere. Some of the rivers that link up to the Severn are the Afon Clywedog, the River Camlad, the River Vyrnwy, the River Perry, and the Rea Brook.
The River Severn The River Severn
The source of the River Severn, is in a deep, blanket-peat bog, on the slopes of Plynlimon, the highest point of the Cambrian Mountains, Wales.
The Tewkesbury floods happened due to heavy rainfall which resulted in the River Severn and River Avon overflowing their banks. The excessive water led to widespread flooding in the area, causing damage to homes and infrastructure.
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What lives in the river severn?
The SEVERN RIVER catchment is from the west of Newtown in Mid Wales. Firstly is the river Afon Clywedog which is fed from the dam Llyn Clywedog. A large catchment area 360 degrees around Newtown. Then the Severn moves North and collects from catchment areas across Northeast wales above Welshpool, from where its catchment area is added to by tributaries in the West Midlands.Floodwarn.co.uk have flood information on the river Severn.