The result: the semi-submersion of several hundred properties which never normally flood when the bigger river Ouse breaks its banks (a fairly regular occurrence in York).
A visit to the Brine Baths at Droitwich Spa failed to help the players adjust to Nottingham Forest's pitch, which had been flooded when the River Trent burst its banks a few days before.
pic.twitter.com/4xSBp30UMM Down on Rochdale market, which was among areas flooded when the River Roch burst its banks after Christmas, some shoppers had a different view.
Along with the other family members we squat together on the floor of the hut, which we are told can flood when the rain is particularly heavy.
Mujica recently revealed that an Arab sheik had offered $1 million for his sky blue 1987 Beetle, pictures of which flooded social media when the former leftist guerrilla leader rolled up in it to vote in October's presidential election.
A further bank some distance to the east of the northern channel ran for 5 mile from Thorne to Turnbridge to provide washlands, which would flood when high levels in the Aire prevented the Don discharging into it.
Small or backup power generators, he continues, are often in basements which flood and short-circuit the generators when a storm hits, and "substations that contain transformers are open air and they're subject to storm damage".
Lt. Gen. Carl A. Strock, the chief engineer of the corps, told a Senate subcommittee last week that his organization recognized that "we had problems with the design of the structure" of the 17th Street Canal, which flooded much of New Orleans when it breached its levee.
There was also a warning in place for the Severn at Kempsey in Worcestershire, which flooded badly in November when defences failed, and for Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, a flooding hotspot.
Entrepreneurs need to be mindful of the Series A crunch, which evolved when the market was flooded with seed capital without a corresponding increase in Series A capital.
