January 2014 Floods

January 4, 2014

Flooding at Poole Harbour, Iford Bridge and Wareham, Dorset. 3rd January 2014.

Flooding at Iford Bridge Home Park, January 2014.
Flooding at Shore Road, Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset.
Flooding at Shore Road, Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset.
Flooding at Shore Road, Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset.
Flooding at Shore Road, Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset.
Police close Shore Road at Sandbanks, due to flooding from Poole harbour.
Flooding at Shore Road, Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset.
Flooding at Shore Road, Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset.
Police close Shore Road at Sandbanks, due to flooding from Poole harbour.
Flooding at Shore Road, Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset.
Flooding at Shore Road, Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset.
Flooding at Shore Road, Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset.
Wareham Quay, Wareham, Dorset
Wareham Quay, Wareham, Dorset
Weak sunset at Wareham, Dorset.

 

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