Residents living near the Eastern Yar river are being warned to be prepared due to the risk of flooding this weekend.
Water levels in the Eastern Yar are high and rising. In the last 48 hours alone more than half a month’s rain (50mm) has been recorded at Wroxall.
Throughout this morning water will pond on low lying land throughout the Yar Valley. In Alverstone, the river will be very high, rising close to the top of the river bank near the main road bridge. No impact is expected at Sandown.
The river is unlikely to peak until at least 13:00 this afternoon. As it peaks, water levels will be very high and may impact access tracks at Horringford.
Further heavy rain is expected later on this evening, with a further 20 to 30mm expected. This additional rainfall could lead to property flooding on the Island.
Environment Agency officials say that the Bembridge sluice is operating normally. Homeowners’ pumps used to reduce water in gardens and to property will need to operate.
The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have already attended property flooding at a commercial property in Newport today, as previously reported by Island Echo.
Just wait until P enny F eather is built and filled along with the rest of the desecration of Ryde, Monkton Brook will flood as the new infrastructure will not cope with massive amounts of extra run off even with the new system. Best trade in the Budgie for a Goldfish.
Caveat Emptor………………………..
MerryMeet do you even know what Caveat Emptor means? The people that buy a home in Penny Feathers will not be affected like those poor souls close to Monkton Brook all along The Strand. They may be the cause but why the hell do they need to beware? Caveat Emptor may apply to anyone buying a property anywhere near Monkton Mead.
Of course,Darling.
All this talk of ‘flooding’ again, on the Eastern Yar. IF and I do mean IF the environment agency got off their fannies and Monitored the rising levels, instead of doing NOTHING, they could open the sluice gates at Bembridge to allow the flood levels to decrease and raise them back at the incoming tide. That is called “Management” something they do little of. That would mean they ACTUALLY do something, but other than that, what are they being paid for.
The cycle path through Alverstone is already not passable after one day of rain.
Why hasen’t the river been cut and cleared from lower Knighton down to Sandown level?
The water can’t escape under the bridge at Alverstone and is up to the very top, soon to fill the garden of the old station house. Those poor people have suffered enough, and if this is just the ‘start’ of the rain, God knows how deep their lounge will be in a few more days of rain.
Likely need a life jacket on the cat and dog.