Severn Unit called out to assist after Winter Storms

Severn Unit members have been called into action numerous times already this winter with the latest call out after Storm Darragh wreaked its fury and left the rivers Avon and Severn well in flood.

HOU Nic Price said “We answered a request for assistance from Avon Navigation Trust and Tewkesbury Town Council when a cruiser moored on one of the town moorings partially broke free in the rising floodwater. “

Three members of the Unit attended the incident and despite a very fast current they were able to reach the boat in their Rigiflex and pass a long rope ashore so the boat could be pulled to a safer mooring.

This was the third time the unit has been called out in the last month helping with vessels in trouble in the almost continuous flooding the region has experienced.