The river Sid experienced very rough weather and storms on March 15, 2008, causing the water level to rise three times higher than normal and flood the surrounding banks. The heavy rain resulted in three serious storms that pushed water levels up to the bursting point for the river. It took over a week for the river levels to return to normal. After the storms, debris and sticks were left in the muddy, murky water, and some rubbish had been deliberately dumped in the river by lazy people.

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.

6. Animals in and around the river Minnow River Eel River trout

7. Your Pollution kills hundred's of river animals each year!!