The Second Flood

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The fog moves in over a frosted path The river is rising approaching the path

The Second Flood and its still November

The river is bursting its banks again, and it is only November. The water flow seems to have reached its maximum of 148m3 per second, and because the flow rate cannot increase much beyond that, the water levels rise. Over the past few days, the waters have been rising and are now over the Thames Path.

A bright Autumn morning looking over the River Thames in flood. The water has risen about 2 ft and is now covering the Thames Path outside the Upper Thames sailing club. The water has a harmless glassy look and looks calm even though the water is racing beneath the surface. The trees on the opposite bank are reflected on the water's surface, but the pontoons next to the bank now look like they are in the middle of the river. This is what the Thames path and the River should look like. The River is calm and the trees on the opposite bank arre seen in the reflections in the water. The pontoons are next to the slipways.

This is what the water level is like in flood and what it should be like

The waters rise over a few days

Taking a look at the water starting to rise Monday to Wednesday after storm Bert came through

I'm watching the river rise on Wednesday. The water is moving up the grassy bank, and the black foot marker of the Pole has nearly disappeared.
A dark grey cloud looms over the River Thames, yet the rest of the sky is bright blue. The water is rising up the bank on this Tuesday morning and the black foot marker is half covered.
Monday morning sees the Thames over the Hrd and starting to eat into the grassy verge. Fluffy white clouds are in the sky.