River Levels
River Levels

River Rea

Flood alert

River levels are rising quickly at the Bournville Woodbrooke Road gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, the flooding of roads and land is expected to begin this evening, 28/03/24. We expect flooding to affect low-lying land and roads adjacent to the River Rea between Longbridge and Nechells including Northfield, Kings Norton, Lifford, Stirchley, Selly Park and Digbeth
Further rainfall is forecast until approximately 2100 tonight (28/03/24). We expect river levels to rise overnight in response to this.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are actively checking river levels and the weather forecast.
Please avoid using low lying footpaths and bridges near local watercourses and plan driving routes to avoid low lying roads near rivers, which may be flooded.
This message will be updated tomorrow, 29/03/24, or as the situation changes.

Information supplied by the Environment Agency

This information last updated 6:07pm, Thursday 28th March.

Flood Warning Area Details

Low-lying land and roads between Longbridge and Nechells on the River Rea

Region: West Midlands

Country: England

Counties covered: Birmingham

Watercourses covered: River Rea

Area covered by this alert location

The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for River Rea.

Note: the area shown on the map is the area covered by flood alerts and warnings. It is not a live map of current flooding. The area covered broadly equates to the area where the risk of flooding in any year is greater than 1% (the "hundred year" flood risk).

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