UK Whaley Bridge Dam is now at risk of collapse! Damned Dams!

Just had a reply from a relative who lives in Whaley Bridge. He and cat have been moved to Chinley .

Ahhhh so glad he/she n Kitty been moved out to safety I heard on radio this morning that lots of pets were still in situ and that they would be ever so confused bless them Xx

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Looks horrific...buddy from Stoke seems to think that most people do not even have flood insurance really...

it's a mud-pie dam. not good.

It is owned by (thanQ buddy from Stoke)
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I wonder how much money they are intrusted with and if it can come close to covering the loss incurred by them not maintaining the dam? If indeed it blows.

to update ...


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Heavy rain is expected to hamper efforts to fix a damaged dam at risk of bursting - after more residents nearby were evacuated.

Work to lower Toddbrook Reservoir's water level by pumping continued overnight at Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire.

It has dropped by 1.3m (4ft 3ins) since Thursday, but forecasters have said 30-40mm (1.2-1.6in) of rain could fall in just two hours on Sunday.

A further 55 homes were evacuated on Saturday.

Some 1,500 people in the town had already sought shelter elsewhere after part of the reservoir's spillway broke away.

Police said the "risk of adverse weather" was to blame for the most recent evacuations, as well as the risk of the reservoir breaching.

Derbyshire's deputy chief fire officer, Gavin Tomlinson, said crews were working to get "ahead of the curve" and "minimise the impact of any bad weather that does materialise".

Whaley Bridge residents get 15 minutes to grab essentials. Police have allowed 1,500 residents evacuated from the Derbyshire town of Whaley Bridge on Thursday to return home for up to 15 minutes to pick up essential items. We asked some of those who headed back into the exclusion zone what they had prioritised


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Good! People have been able to go and rescue their pets! <3

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^^^^ from 10 mins ago live footage Xx

^^^Boris making an appearance

Cruddy...my buddy is in his early 60's so his mom must be at least 80 who got evacuated...it's hard on old folks to move. At least she has her sisters place and then after finding out who owns it the Trust is kind of responsible. It won't replace family heirlooms and stuff like that and the things they liked to look at might be gone but at least they should not be homeless.

Ahhhh Lance I hope all will be ok for your Friend and his Family :/ Xx

"all is good she is at my sisters house and they have half drained the dam"

That was last week

Oh tell us about it!

Only in the UK.

I shit you not, we had the hottest day in history here on Thursday........ 3 days later I was walking my pooch down the village high street soaking wet & actually chilly lol.

Unreal.

Thoughts and prayers to those dealing with this.

updates:


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More homes have been evacuated in Whaley Bridge as thunderstorms threaten to bring more unwanted rainfall to the town on Sunday afternoon.

Emergency workers are continuing their efforts to prevent Toodbrook Reseroir dam giving way after it was badly damaged following last week's torrential weather.

There remains a threat to life in the town and 55 further properties were cleared in the Horwich End area on Saturday - on top of around 1,500 residents who had already been evacuated.

Water levels at the Toddbrook Reservoir in the town have been reduced by 1.3 metres since Thursday, the Department for the Environment said, but police warned the 180-year-old structure remained in a "critical condition" with a breach still a "very real threat".

Forecasters warned of the potential for up to 40mm of rain to fall in just an hour or two on Sunday afternoon.


A Met Office yellow weather warning is in place for much of northern England and the Midlands, including the area around the reservoir.

oddbrook Reservoir: Latest pictures show efforts to drain water from Whaley Bridge dam
These pictures show the efforts by engineers and members of the emergency services to pump water from Toddbrook Reservoir, the spillway of which has been damaged.#

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They are also now reporting that several people granted access to their property have not come back out:


"I took the decision this morning to stop allowing residents and businesses back into Whaley Bridge. This decision was not taken lightly.


"The risk to life during those trips was extraordinary high; however, I understood the reasons that residents and businesses required that opportunity.

"The vast majority of those who have been allowed back to Whaley Bridge have been fantastic, however, there have been a very small minority of people who have returned to their homes and have not presented back at the road block at which they entered.

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Situation Update No. 2 on August 05 2019 04:58 AM (UTC)
Emergency crews in northwest England raced to pump water from a reservoir with a damaged dam Sunday as weather forecasts calling for thunderstorms hastened fear of the structure failing and flooding of a town. Firefighters said 22 high-capacity pumps were working around the clock to suck water out of the 180-year-old Toddbrook Reservoir to ease pressure on the dam, which was damaged when part of a spillway gave way in heavy rain last week. To repair a gaping hole, a Royal Air Force helicopter dropped one-ton bags of sand and gravel into the chasm. Workers on the ground joined the bags with concrete grouting. Six rescue boats were deployed around Whaley Bridge, a town 175 miles (280 kilometers) northwest of London, in case the dam bursts. Britain's meteorological agency said "torrential downpours and hail" could bring 40 millimeters (1.6 inches) of rain in one to two hours Sunday night. By late Sunday afternoon, police said the pumps, which remove water at a rate of around 10 centimeters (3.94 inches) an hour, had lowered the reservoir by about three meters (9.8 feet). "This work will continue until engineers are confident that the water is at a safe level and the risk has been mitigated," Derbyshire Deputy Fire Chief Gavin Tomlinson said. "Our priority remains the same: to pump as much water out of the reservoir as possible, to protect the Whaley Bridge community from the risk of the dam failing." About 1,500 residents of Whaley Bridge were evacuated after the spillway broke Thursday.

Now looting is happening :( Xx

Oh, fer fox lake...looting. My buddy from Stoke is working or I'd tell him to go to his moms house...I suppose I could text him but frick. Looting? Seriously...WTF is wrong with people?

I texted my buddy from Stoke to go to his ma's place and grab anything he can of merit before it gets looted. Fook.

IKR!! This is a new low for the UK :( Villages you used to be able to go out and leave your door unlocked up to about 15 years ago Xx

I've never locked my door in Roberts Creek here but I am about to. People aren't people anymore. There is an evil pervasive in the land.

The legend of Hans Brinker, the boy who saved Holland

The story about the Little Dutch Boy told how he saved Haarlem from flooding by putting his finger in the dike

Is there anyone willing to put there finger in a dike



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"I[n] case anyone wonders why the Whaley Bridge dam came close to failure, look at this picture of the spillway from a couple of years ago.
Look at the amount of vegetation filling the joints between the concrete panels, including that bloody tree."
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LOL U lot crack me up Xx

Shit sorry just saw this and you are right! What a mess! Xx