1928 Thames flood
Thames flood level markers at Trinity Hospital, Greenwich. The marker on the right is for 1928
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| Date | January 6–7, 1928 |
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| Location | London (City, Southwark, Lambeth, Westminster, Hammersmith, Putney, Greenwich, Woolwich) |
| Deaths | 14 |
Coordinates: 51°29′02″N 0°09′43″W / 51.484°N 0.162°W
The 1928 Thames flood was a disastrous flood of the River Thames that affected much of riverside London on 7 January 1928, as well as places further downriver. Fourteen people were drowned in London and thousands were made homeless when flood waters poured over the top of the Thames Embankment and part of the Chelsea Embankment collapsed. It was the last major flood to affect central London, and, particularly following the disastrous North Sea flood of 1953, helped lead to the implementation of new flood-control measures that culminated in the construction of the Thames Barrier in the 1970s.
During Christmas 1927, heavy snow fell in the Cotswolds in central England, where the Thames has its source. A sudden thaw occurred over the New Year's Eve of 1928, followed by unusually heavy rain, doubling the volume of water coming down the river. The sudden rise in water level coincided with a high spring tide and a storm surge caused by a major extratropical cyclone in the North Sea. The storm surge raised the water levels in the Thames Estuary, measured at Southend, to 1.5 metres (4 ft) above normal.
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