SP4935 : Banbury & Cheltenham Direct Railway Cherwell in flood, common around Cheltenham Thames Avon 1977 2007 1972 Severn River Isbourne, town spans, Pershore which had to be by-passed as the bridge collected debris and became near water level unstable for heavy traffic loads as a structure of arch support, the piers with debris made for a high water upstream swathe across the channel, the water remained dam retained after flood, snow slush ice added, that adds force by mass weight impact and turbulent motion, see Thames Henley bridge repaired, the scour became severe and the bridge arch was affected. Isbourne crump weir S-TWA used to drown so the actual flows were backwater not critical, that can be seen on Geograph
SP0240 SP0240 : Gauging weir in the River Isbourne. Winter accumulating high flows are common on Severn and the Midland rivers as noted in the floods of rivers across fields in the events 2003 2007 toward Warwick, whole sheep field fields awash with wide streams and floating debris including hay racks, this was reported for river field inundation of the famous sheep herding walking on water Sally Challoner for TV at the foot and mouth rampage. Such events are common in rough weather from Galilee to England's green and pleasant land, I am not sure if they had foot and mouth in Galilee, they certainly had sheep, perhaps it had not been invented then. It is common for Hydrology to have to call off site and river visits due foot and mouth farm restrictions enforced by MinAg, after all River Authority is MinAgFF.
SU7682 : Thames side in flood in the 1980's and
SU7682 : Bridge at Henley-on-Thames. Mud flows of low viscosity are rampant flood damage features of sedimentary geology England awash, often with the constraining arch bridges, Michael J Cole, Landscape Architecture, Cheltenham, one of the lesser advantages from Roman occupation and its derivations mining in North Wales for example. Stand in the torrents of rain at Llanberis to understand hydraulics of flood spate.