First reported by Island Echo
30,000 PROPERTIES AT RISK OF LOSING WATER SUPPLY AS NETWORK BUCKLES AFTER FLOODS
Up to 30,000 homes and businesses on the Isle of Wight look set to have their water supply completely cut off, or will experience low pressure, due to the after effects of today's flash flooding, Southern Water has announced. From tomorrow morning...
Read moreDetailsMONKTONMEAD HIT BY BIGGEST FLOOD IN A DECADE AS MULTI-MILLION-POUND DEFENCES FAIL
Residents in the Monktonmead area of Ryde are expressing their anger this afternoon (Wednesday) as the area has once again been flooded - despite millions of pounds being spent on flood defence schemes in recent years. As previously reported by Island...
Read moreDetailsEXTREME FLOODING IN WOOTTON FORCES THE CLOSURE OF MAIN ROUTE BETWEEN RYDE AND NEWPORT
The main route between Newport and Ryde has been closed this morning (Wednesday) as a result of excessive flooding at Wootton Bridge, where the creek has burst its banks. Island Roads - at the request of Hampshire & Isle of...
Read moreDetails60MM OF RAINFALL IN 6 HOURS LEADS TO FLOOD WARNINGS FOR RYDE AND NEWPORT
The Environment Agency has issued 2 urgent flood warnings for Ryde and Newport due to an overnight deluge which has seen more than 60mm of rainfall recorded in the past 6 hours alone - with more on the way. Officials are warning...
Read moreDetailsMOTORISTS RESCUED AS 2 CARS BECOME STRANDED IN METRE-DEEP FLOOD WATER
2 vehicles have become stranded in metre-deep flood water near Downend this morning (Wednesday) with firefighters called out to rescue the motorists involved. A Mazda MX-5 and a Ford Eco Sport have been abandoned in the flood on Briddlesford Road, outside...
Read moreDetailsSEVERE FLOODS FORCE BINSTEAD UNDERWATER AGAIN FOLLOWING NIGHT OF TORRENTIAL RAIN
Torrential downpours overnight have led to severe flooding in Binstead with homes now underwater and vehicles stranded. Residents in Arnold Road, Cemetery Road and Binstead Hill have once again been hit by a sudden flood which has submerged a number...
Read moreDetailsAIR AMBULANCE SCRAMBLED AS WORKER BECOMES STUCK UNDER MOWER IN LAKE
The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to Lake this lunchtime (Tuesday) where a worker has become injured after falling into a ditch on a sit-on mower. The incident has occurred in a small drainage gulley...
Read moreDetailsCAR CAREERS THROUGH HEDGE ON MAIN ROAD BETWEEN WHITWELL AND VENTNOR
A silver Ford Fiesta ST ended up in a field after ploughing through a hedge between Whitwell and Ventnor recently. The incident is thought to have taken place last week on a stretch of Whitwell Road between St Lawrence Shute...
Read moreDetailsMINIBUS CRASHES INTO PARKED CAR BETWEEN NEWPORT AND COWES
A minibus has careered into a parked car on Horsebridge Hill between Newport and Cowes this morning (Monday), prompting a response from emergency services. Police, fire and paramedic crews are all on scene near to the junction with Hogan Close....
Read moreDetailsCAR ROLLS ONTO SIDE IN MONKTON STREET SMASH
Police, paramedics and firefighters are on scene at a 2-vehicle collision in Ryde tonight (Sunday), in which a car has come to rest on its side. The incident has occurred at the crossroads junction of Monkton Street and Park Road...
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