Flash Flood (Code Red, #1)

Code Red, Code Red.... It’s a major disaster! The Thames Barrier has gone and London is underwater...Ben is on a trip to London to meet his mum. But an accident at the Thames Barrier suddenly turns his trip into something totally different as the barrier is breached and London is flooded. It begins as a school trip to London. But with a sudden tidal surge and a dramatic thunderstorm that hurls rainwater down on the capital, it suddenly becomes something totally different - the site of a major disaster as the Thames Barrier is breached and London is flooded. With streets underwater, communications down, rats pouring up out of the sewers and thousands of people in a state of panic, survival becomes a very key issue. But worse is to come when a high-security prison is evacuated and a vanload of category A prisoners is caught in the torrent .. Ben's on a trip to London to meet his mum. But an accident at the Thames Barrier, combined with a tidal surge and a dramatic thunderstorm - and suddenly his trip turns into something totally different as the Barrier is breached and London is flooded. With streets underwater, communications down, rats pouring up out of the sewers and thousands of people in a state of panic, survival becomes a key issue. But as Ben tries to get across London to meet his mother, little does he know that two terrorists have a similar rendezvous . . . Ben is in London for the day. But suddenly his visit becomes a terrifying struggle to survive as the Thames Barrier is overwhelmed and a torrent of water floods through the city's streets in an unstoppable deluge of destruction. Then it gets really dangerous. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary