Call for action on flooding in Harringay echoed by GLA

Children playing in a flooded Harringay Road in 1937. Floods were not uncommon in Harringay and were caused by the streams that run underground from Muswell Hill

This week at the Harringay & St Ann's Asssembly Cllr Zena Brabazon raised the century old issue of flooding, which is a problem particularly to the east of our neighbourhood. David Schmitz offered a memorable retort.

This issue of concern throughout London and was picked up earlier in the week in a report by the GLA.

The For a Rainy Day report warns that, if London gets rainfall similar to that which caused flooding elsewhere in the UK in 2007, some streets could flood within minutes. Lives could be lost and damage to property could amount to tens of billions of pounds.The capital is particularly susceptible to flooding because it is so built up and water quickly gets into drains and rivers. Once these are full, water floods across the land’s surface putting up to 680,000 properties in the capital at risk from surface water flooding

Read the full report on london.gov.uk

See more historical pictures of flooding in Harringay, here.