Whaley Bridge dam collapse

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-49189955

shit.

I'm in Derbyshire and have a load of alerts coming up on Facebook. Thankfully I am nowhere near. I feel for all the people being evacuated.

Oh good grief - I hope everyone is evacuated safely.

I'm just outside Buxton, we've had a LOT of water and flooding. Very concerning about the dam.

There are more rain warnings for the region this afternoon, then thankfully, I hope a little calmer. Unfortunately the weather doesn't really look to settle down over the next week.

I'm sure everyone in the area is in touch with the EA flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/warnings page

I'm 40 miles south and the flood plains that protect the city are pretty much full, my dog was swimming on what is normally playing fields just an hour ago, there were teenagers swimming in it too (it was sunny then, back to rain of biblical proportions now). If it rains much more then the city will be at risk ...

Crikey. I'd not seen this. I hope everyone stays safe

I'm only 5 niles away. They have managed to get most people out to family/friends but have opened Chapel High school and Leisure Centre for any displaced people. Really hope it doesn't burst

I was searching for a thread on this, so thank you. Watching it on TV now, hoping everyone manages to stay safe :(

I’ve just seen the evacuation notices come up. I really hope the dam doesn’t collapse.

I think the title of the thread was a bit alarmist, sorry. Looking at the overhead shots, it's part of the face of one of the banks that has gone. If they can get the water levels down quickly enough fingers crossed it will hold for repair.

We are a few miles away and very worried. Hoping all in Whaley are safe.

It's the run off face which is damaged so more rain means potentially more run off into the already high River Goyt, which runs through Whaley and New Mills. It's the risk of the river flooding the town that's the big fear. Obviously more rain will wash away the earth under the concrete that's broken, but it's not likely the reservoir dam will be breached.

Yes it's awful here

Thank you for that Wowfudge it's hard to find actual facts. Where are they directing the run offs?

The run offs go into the goyt which is already flooded downriver in Bramhall. Bramhall Roundabout was under several feet of water yesterday. The sky is black here and looks stormy.

It does sound worrying.

The advice to residents was stark - get pets, get any medicines that need, lock your doors and leave.

I'm in Whaley. I knew it would be bad when they evacuated nursery at 12. It's not true that the entire town has been evacuated though, just the main roads and the lower lying areas. And now it starts pelting down again...

Yes, more very heavy rain falling now.

Torrential rain here and the high street was turned into a river within 2 minutes of the rain starting so god knows what's going to happen with the dam. Whaley Bridge is such a lovely town. My heart goes out to all affected.

It goes into the Goyt - there isn't anywhere else to direct it. The run off is the overflow once the reservoir is full.

Apparently, if they tried to lower the reservoir level now, it would flood Bramhall.

I can see there's a sharp line of convection over the area. Im not quite sure whether it's going to slide along some or be through quite quickly if I'm honest.

This was Bramhall yesterday.

There has been lines of heavy rain moving through the area all afternoon - sudden torrential downpours that cause drains to fill and back up, then stop just as suddenly. What it will be like in the High Peak I don't know. I just hope everyone is ok.

There has also been some serious flooding at my favourite NT estate
Lyme Park

Omg Lyme Park is one of our favourite places and our friends house backs into the estate.