Abandoned homes and rescue boats: the 2015 Boxing Day floods remembered
December 2015 had been the wettest calendar month for the UK since records began in 1910. At 6:35pm on Boxing Day, worried about the sheer volume of water pouring down the Foss, the Environment Agency decided to open the Foss Barrier. The agency was concerned about water getting into the pumping station and damaging the electrics, in which case the barrier could have been stuck in place. It was a decision that sparked huge debate - although an independent flood inquiry ultimately concluded that the Agency had made the right call, and prevented even worse flooding. It didn’t necessar...
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