Thames Barrier closing in time lapse, and water flows into park.

Full blog along with still images available at http://michaelsnasdell.blogspot.com/2014/01/high-tide-at-thames-barrier.html

High tide, along with storm surge causing the Thames Barrier to be shut for the afternoon. While shut, the water level flooded the banks and into the park adjacent to the Thames Barrier (regular occurrence) Caught in time lapse.

Edited to add some audio, so its not so dull to watch :)
For the first 2 mins or so, if watched on a decent sized screen you can see the far barriers closing, and the water stop flowing through them. After this time the water begins rising more and breaches the bank.

**Edited title and wording in first paragraph of description to avoid exaggerating the situation. Even though the RNLI, Thames Barrier, Police, and Environment Agency were happy with the description and retweeted it. Can't please everyone. **

**Title edited again as it still seems to be annoying people, hopefully this time its more user friendly and less panic inducing and scaremongering**

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