Exact date UK's flooding misery to end as 118 warnings in place - see full list

23 October 2023 , 05:29

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Exact date UK's flooding misery to end as 118 warnings in place - see full list

Further heavy rain this week will prolong flooding misery for communities across the UK.

The Environment Agency is responding to floods across several counties affected by Storm Babet, especially Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, where some river levels have been the highest since 2007. With 118 flood warnings and 131 alerts in place today across England, Scotland and Wales, the Environment Agency says flooding will continue to be a threat for most places, including parts of the Midlands and east Wales, until Wednesday at the earliest. This could change, depending on the extent of the rainfall forecast in the next two days, and the pace of drainage along the banks of major rivers.

Retford in Nottinghamshire has experienced significant flooding following the storm (PA)

A spokesperson for Environment Agency said: "More flood warnings are expected to be issued across these regions into next week. River flooding will continue into Wednesday along the River Severn. Further flooding is possible from rivers and surface water on Tuesday and Wednesday for parts of England due to further heavy rain."

Rain could become particularly heavy on Tuesday along the east coast of England and across East Yorkshire and North Yorkshire, The Met Office understands. It detailed the early outlook for the week's weather in one of its regular YouTube videos today.

Craig Snell, meteorologist for The Met Office, said: "The weather unfortunately is set to remain unsettled. Low pressure is always going to be close by, bringing further spells of rain in from the west and it'll be quite windy at times too, especially later on in the week. We could see some coastal gales come Thursday and Friday.

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"Rain on Tuesday could turn heavy and persistent at times, especially across Lincolnshire and into Yorkshire. The best of the conditions come the afternoon probably down in South Wales and Southwest England but they'll still be the risk of a few showers there."

Communities are being urged to prepare for the risk of significant flooding for the rest of this week, regardless of whether they've been affected by flooding so far amid Storm Babet's destructive course. The total number of properties reported to have been flooded since the storm arrived in the UK is approximately 1,250. Rain will take a slow journey southwards by the end of the week, meaning dispersed and short-lived showers are possible in most regions.

Ian Simpson, forecaster with Netweather, said: "After a respite through Sunday and Monday, the east of Scotland will need to be prepared for some exacerbation of the flood risk through Tuesday. Parts of the Midlands and northern England will also be susceptible to further flooding. Brighter weather with some showers, these heavy and thundery near the south coast, will spread into southern areas during Tuesday and Wednesday.

"The long term outlook is for low-pressure systems to continue to track further south than usual as they head into western Europe, resulting in a continuation of the generally unsettled weather with rain belts interspersed with brighter, showery weather and temperatures generally close to the seasonal average."

Full list of flood warnings - England

• Areas near the East and West Fen Catchwater and the Maud Foster Drain
• Barlings Eau in Langworth
• English River Dee at Farndon
• Heighington Beck in Heighington
• Isolated properties and villages in the east of the South Forty Foot Drain
• Isolated properties and villages in the west of the South Forty Foot Drain and its tributaries
• Isolated properties and villages near to the River Ancholme from Bishopbridge to Brigg
• Isolated properties near the River Lymn and Steeping
• Low Barlings and the Short Ferry area
• River Aire at Chapel Haddlesey
• River Aire at East Haddlesey
• River Aire at West Haddlesey
• River Avon at Strensham and Bredon
• River Avon at Twyning
• River Bain in Coningsby and Tattershall
• River Derwent at Church Wilne and Wilne Lane
• River Don at Braithwaite
• River Don at Fishlake
• River Don at Kirk Bramwith
• River Don at South Bramwith
• River Don at Stainforth
• River Don at Thorpe in Balne
• River Don at Trumfleet
• River Eau at Scotter
• River Idle at Retford, Eaton and Gamston
• River Idle at West Retford and Ordsall
• River Meden at Budby
• River Ouse at Naburn Lock
• River Ouse at York - riverside properties
• River Ouse at York - St George's Field and Queen's Staith
• River Rother at Catcliffe
• River Rother at Treeton
• River Severn at Apperley and The Leigh
• River Severn at Bridgnorth
• River Severn at Clifton and Severn Stoke
• River Severn at Court Meadow, Kempsey and Callow End
• River Severn at Dunns Lane, Upton upon Severn
• River Severn at East Waterside, Upton upon Severn
• River Severn at Frankwell, Shrewsbury
• River Severn at Hampton Loade and Highley
• River Severn at Hanley Castle, Rectory Road in Upton upon Severn and Saxons Lode
• River Severn at Hanley Road, Upton upon Severn
• River Severn at Hawford Wood and Bevere
• River Severn at Ironbridge and Jackfield
• River Severn at New Street and Backfields Lane, Upton upon Severn
• River Severn at Pitchcroft, North Worcester
• River Severn at Quatford
• River Severn at Severn Ham, Tewkesbury
• River Severn at Severnside, Bewdley
• River Severn at Shrawardine, Montford Bridge and Mytton
• River Severn at Shrewsbury
• River Severn at the Showground and The Quarry, Shrewsbury
• River Severn at the Wharfage, Ironbridge
• River Severn at Waterside, Upton upon Severn
• River Severn at Wribbenhall, Bewdley
• River Severn in North Worcester
• River Severn in South Worcester
• River Severn Sandy Lane and Severnside, Stourport
• River Soar at caravan parks near Barrow upon Soar
• River Soar at Redhill and Kegworth Bridge
• River Soar at Zouch Island
• River Sow at Stafford
• River Sow St. Thomas area
• River Steeping in Wainfleet All Saints
• Rivers Trent and Derwent at Shardlow and Great Wilne
• River Teme at Bransford
• River Thet at Shropham, East Harling and Shadwell
• River Trent at Attenborough Nature Reserve
• River Trent at Barrow upon Trent
• River Trent at Beeston Lock and Marina
• River Trent at Carlton on Trent including Beck Cottage
• River Trent at Castle Donington around Kings Mill
• River Trent at Catton, Barton under Needwood and Branston Water Park
• River Trent at Cavendish Bridge
• River Trent at Caythorpe
• River Trent at Collingham
• River Trent at Dunham-on-Trent
• River Trent at Farndon riverside properties including Dorner Avenue and Wyke and Marsh Lane
• River Trent at Fiskerton Mill including Rolleston Fields, Gorse and Nurseries
• River Trent at Gibsmere and Gipsy Lane at Bleasby
• River Trent at Girton
• River Trent at Gunthorpe including the A6097
• River Trent at High Marnham and Low Marnham
• River Trent at Holme
• River Trent at Holme Pierrepont
• River Trent at Holme Pierrepont for the National Watersports Centre
• River Trent at Hoveringham
• River Trent at Lenton for Nottingham Park and Ride Site at Queens Drive
• River Trent at Newark for riverside properties
• River Trent at Newark Sugar Factory and Kelham Bridge
• River Trent at Newark Tolney Lane and Riverside Marinas
• River Trent at Radcliffe on Trent Caravan Park
• River Trent at riverside areas of Burton upon Trent
• River Trent at Shelford for Shelford Manor and The Holmes
• River Trent at Stoke Bardolph
• River Trent at Swarkestone
• River Trent at Thrumpton including Barton Ferry
• River Trent at Trentlock
• River Trent at Twyford
• River Trent at Willington around Repton Road
• River Vyrnwy at Maesbrook
• River Vyrnwy at Melverley
• River Waring immediately upstream of Stanhope Road
• River Weaver at Acton Bridge and Weaverham
• River Wissey at Mundford, Stoke Ferry and Hilgay
• River Witham and associated Fens from Chapel Hill to Boston
• River Witham and associated Fens from Washingborough to Metheringham
• River Witham and associated Fens from Woodhall Spa to Chapel Hill
• The River Gipping from Needham Market to London Road Bridge, Ipswich
• The River Lark from Clopton to Martlesham
• The River Stour from Boxted to Dedham
• The River Waveney from Bungay to Ellingham
• The River Waveney from Diss to Bungay
• The River Yare from the A11 at Cringleford to Trowse Newton
• Wider area at risk around Croft
• Wider area at risk around Thorpe St Peter and Wainfleet All Saints

Scotland

• Kintore

Wales

• River Dee communities from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadows

Full list of flood alerts - England

• Alconbury Brook in Cambridgeshire
• Bain catchment
• Barlings Eau and Duckpool Catchwater
• Bourne Brook (Tamworth)
• Bow and Piddle Brook
• Burton Trent
• Bury Brook in Cambridgeshire
• East and West Fens
• East and West Glens
• Ellington Brook in Cambridgeshire
• Fossdyke Canal
• Holderness Drain
• Humber tributaries
• Hundred Foot Washes in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk
• Kempsey Village
• Lincolnshire East Coast Rivers
• Lincoln Watercourses
• Little Ouse River and River Thet in Suffolk and Norfolk
• Louth Canal and Waithe Beck
• Lower Derwent in Derbyshire
• Lower Dove
• Lower Glen and Bourne Eau System
• Lower Nene
• Lower River Aire catchment
• Lower River Ancholme
• Lower River Cam in Cambridgeshire
• Lower River Derwent
• Lower River Don catchment
• Lower River Rother
• Lower River Soar in Leicestershire
• Lower River Ure
• Lower River Witham
• Lower Tame
• Lower Teme
• Lower Welland
• Mid Bristol Avon area
• Middle Avon Rugby to Bidford
• Middle River Aire catchment
• Middle River Great Ouse in Milton Keynes, Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire
• Middle Tame
• Minor Watercourses from Heighington to Dunston
• Minor watercourses of the South Forty Foot Drain
• Rase and Upper Ancholme
• Rea Brook and Cound Brook
• River Amber in Derbyshire
• River Anker and River Sence
• River Avon in Worcestershire
• River Blythe in Warwickshire
• River Cherwell from Lower Heyford down to and including Oxford
• River Cole and Dorcan Brook
• River Dee catchment in England from Whitchurch to Chester
• River Eau in Scotter
• River Erewash Tributaries in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
• River Evenlode from Moreton in Marsh to Cassington and also the River Glyme at Wootton and Woodstock
• River Foulness and Market Weighton catchment
• River Gowy catchment including areas around Frodsham
• River Granta in Essex and Cambridgeshire
• River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire from Brampton to Earith
• River Idle in Nottinghamshire
• River Ise and Alledge Brook
• River Leadon catchment
• River Leam and River Itchen
• River Lugg south of Leominster
• River Maun in Nottinghamshire
• River Meden in Nottinghamshire
• River Ock from Watchfield to Abingdon, and also the Letcombe Brook at Wantage, Grove and East Hanney
• River Ray and its tributaries from Shipton Lee to and including Islip
• River Rhee in Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire
• River Sence in Leicestershire
• River Severn in Gloucestershire
• River Severn in Shropshire
• River Severn in Worcestershire
• River Sow and River Penk
• River Steeping
• River Thame, Horsenden Stream and Chalgrove Brook
• River Thames and its small tributaries from Calcutt to Lechlade
• River Thames and tributaries from Buscot Wick down to Kings Lock
• River Thames and tributaries in the Oxford area
• River Tove in Northamptonshire
• River Trent from Cromwell Weir to Gainsborough
• River Trent in Derbyshire
• River Trent in Nottinghamshire
• River Trent Tributaries in Nottinghamshire
• River Wissey in Norfolk
• River Worfe
• River Wreake in Leicestershire
• River Wye in Derbyshire
• Rugeley Trent
• Ryton Oldcotes catchment
• Severn Vyrnwy confluence
• South East Holderness
• Tern and Perry catchments
• The Rattlesden River and River Gipping, through and including Stowmarket and Needham Market
• The River Bure, Spixworth Beck and surrounding Becks
• The River Colne from Great Yeldham to Colchester
• The River Gipping, from downstream of Needham Market, to upstream of London Road Bridge, Ipswich
• The Rivers Deben and Lark
• The River Stiffkey from Fulmodeston to Warham
• The River Stour from Sudbury to Stratford St Mary and Dedham
• The Rivers Tud and Wensum from Fakenham to Costessey, including Wendling Beck
• The River Till
• The River Waveney from Diss and the River Dove to Ellingham, including Bungay
• The River Yare at Norwich, from Cringleford to Trowse Newton
• The tidal Rivers Bure, Ant and Thurne
• The tidal River Waveney from Ellingham to Breydon Water
• The upper Rivers Yare, Tiffey, Tas and Wacton
• The upper Stour and surrounding tributaries
• Tidal River Ouse, Don and the Dutch River catchment
• Tidal River Ouse from Naburn Lock to Selby
• Tidal River Ouse from Selby to Faxfleet
• Tributaries in South Derbyshire
• Tributaries of the lower River Witham from Blankney to Sleaford
• Tributaries on the Upper River Thames above Cricklade
• Upper Avon River Swift and Clay Coton Brook
• Upper River Derwent
• Upper River Ouse
• Upper River Rother catchment
• Upper Teme
• Weaver catchment including Nantwich, Frodsham, Crewe, Winsford and Northwich
• Welland tributaries
• Welland Valley
• Wider area of the South Forty Foot Drain
• Witham in North Kesteven
• Witham in South Kesteven

Scotland

• Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen City

Wales

Bradley Jolly