Lots of flooding around the country after yesterday's heavy rain on top of a few weeks of wet weather.
I know that we've had plenty of rain recently, but it hasn't exactly been biblical. Fairly typical for the time of year?
I wonder how much of this flooding is caused by poor maintenance though, councils not clearing blocked drains and farmers not digging ditches etc?
I was out and about yesterday in the rain and pretty much every gateway had a small river pouring off the field over the road and I saw a small culvert entrance by the side of the road that looked as though it was overwhelmed by the amount of water, but going by today, it was still overflowing even though the water had reduced to a relative trickle so it was clearly blocked.
Ten years ago when the Somerset Levels flooded badly, there was a lot of talk about the lack of dredging in the River Parrett and the network of canals, drains, and ditches that take the water out to the Bristol Channel, and that it was at least a contributory factor.
Maybe I'm being cynical, but I guess it's more convenient to blame climate change?