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Flooding

[Deleted User] · 2021-10-11 14:08:54

Having seen Dundrum flood a few times over the past 30 years why is it affected much worse than surrounding areas?

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11-10-2021 3:08pm

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Having seen Dundrum flood a few times over the past 30 years why is it affected much worse than surrounding areas?

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#2 11-10-2021 3:20pm
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that's the 25" map (approx 100 years old) overlaid over the modern map. note 'weir' and 'sluice'.
the shopping centre is literally built over a river.

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#3 12-10-2021 5:14pm
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Its built on a floodzone, water comes down from the mountains.
Same thing will happen again, until they knock down part of the centre.
There was a bad flood years back, all the cottages in Farrenboley / Millmount were flooded out of it.
People had to sleep in the library.

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#4 13-10-2021 7:21pm
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The theatre is called the mill pond , self explanatory really.

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