A disastrous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928_Thames_flood" id="mwqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1928 Thames flood">flood of the River Thames</a> kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.<sup about="#mwt113" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-20"}}' id="cite_ref-20" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_7#cite_note-20" id="mwqQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 20;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwqg">[20]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-20"><cite about="#mwt110" class="citation news cs1" id="mwCE8">"The London Flood. Death-Roll Of Fourteen., Gallant Rescues., Great Damage To Property". <i id="mwCFA">The Times</i>. 9 January 1928.</cite><span about="#mwt110" class="Z3988" id="mwCFE" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Times&amp;rft.atitle=The+London+Flood.+Death-Roll+Of+Fourteen.%2C+Gallant+Rescues.%2C+Great+Damage+To+Property.&amp;rft.date=1928-01-09&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+7"></span></span>