The river Sid experienced very rough weather and high waters on March 15, 2008 due to storms. The water level rose to three times higher than normal, flooding the surrounding banks that were half a foot deep. It took over a week for the river to recover from the three serious storms that pushed water levels almost to bursting. While the river did not overflow its banks, the storms left lots of debris in the muddy, murky water that obscured visibility of the river bottom.

1. The river Sid after storms on the 15 th March 2008 By Ben Powell and Miles Cullimore

2. Rough weather !!

3. The weather on the 15 th of march was very Rough. The water was up to the bridge, which is 3 times higher than normal, consequently it water logged all the banks around it which where half a foot deep. It took approximately 1 week and a few of days to recover because it had about three storms which where quite serious and went right up the bank, up to bursting point. Thankfully the river didn’t burst its banks, but instead went down to its normal size. HOW DID THE WEATHER EFFECT THE RIVER?

4. After the storms After the water had gone down to its original size there were lots of sticks and debris left in the river from the storm on the 15 th March ’08.This meant that the water was very murky and muddy, so you couldn’t see the bottom of the river. Some of the debris had been put in deliberately by people who couldn’t be bothered to put their rubbish in the bin.