Hundreds of homes were evacuated in a Derbyshire town on Thursday when a dam threatened to burst after being damaged during extreme rainfall. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The partially collapsed dam wall at Whaley Bridge. Anne Muskett lives on Goyt Road, a cul-de-sac right by the river Goyt, which runs through the middle of Whaley Bridge. Whaley Bridge is a small town on the edge of the Peak District bisected by the Goyt, which runs down from Buxton and towards Stockport. “Due to heavy rainfall ine the Whaley Bridge area, the spillway is now broken and a big chunk of its concrete structure is damaged.

Source: The Guardian August 01, 2019 06:46 UTC