The flooding issues of current weeks haven’t gone away: as of Thursday morning, there are nonetheless 81 flood warnings in drive, nearly all of that are in Dorset, Wiltshire and Somerset. The warnings are for each river flooding and groundwater flooding.
Areas experiencing river flooding ought to enhance over the following few days however it’s a completely different story when it comes to groundwater.
Some areas are experiencing flooding due to their geology, with porous chalk under the floor performing like an infinite sponge.
That kinds an aquafer that may be a actually essential supply of ingesting water in southern England.
However that layer of chalk is saturated and the groundwater flooding we’re seeing because of this is more likely to final an excellent deal longer, in all probability for a lot of days and even weeks forward.
