Flooding in Marlow continues as Bucks Search And Rescue team is deployed

Gardens and pathways were submerged in water as the river burst its banks - with residents being warned that property flooding is "expected".

(BSAR) is a member unit of the UK’s Lowland Rescue service and helps support the emergency services during search or rescue missions.

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As water levels continued to rise a specialised team was deployed at Longridge activity centre as canoes from Great Marlow School needed recovering before causing they created hazards.

The volunteer service is a highly skilled team that are trained to deal with incidents such as flooding.

With the use of a drone, all the boats were retrieved by the team with no injuries or damage being sustained.

Volunteer, Andrew Bant, said: “Some of the boats at Longridge activity centre had broken their mooring and were in the process of floating down the river.

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“Responding to floods and providing support of that nature isn’t something you want members of the public doing in their wellies because it can be incredibly dangerous.

“We saw this as an incident that our capabilities would protect the public and retrieve the boats.

The canoes that had broken their mooring (Bucks Search And Rescue)

“If those canoes went down the river they could not just damage themselves but they could cause obstructions in the river.

“We deployed our flood first responder team, a team of four people and one operations manager, we also had some drone support.

“We had four people in the river in full flood response gear to get in the river and collect the boats back and tie them back to the mooring.”

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Flood alerts are still in place on the River Thames but according to the government website, water levels are slowly falling.

The alert as of February 4, 9:34am reads: “River levels remain high but are now falling slowly on the River Thames as a result of a period of previous rainfall.

“Flooding of property, roads and farmland is expected to continue today, especially properties closest to the river from All Saints Church, Bisham to Little Marlow”.