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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
High spring tides are forecast to affect the foreshore from St Margaret’s at Cliffe to Sandgate today, Sunday 17/11/2024. Tides will be at their highest between 11:00 and 12:00, with high tide at 11:30. Flooding of roads and low lying land is possible, property flooding is not expected. Flooding may apply two to four hours either side of high tide. Stay away from beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous. We are closely monitoring the situation and our incident response staff are prepared to respond if required. Coastal conditions are expected to improve from Monday 18/11/2024. This message will be updated this afternoon by 18:00, or as the situation changes. For those that use it, the astronomical water level at Dover, will be 3.28m AOD, but due to surge and westerly wind (speed force 5) we expect total water levels of 3.68m AOD.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 8:49am, Sunday 17th November 2024.
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Areas at risk of coastal flooding from St Margaret's at Cliffe to Sandgate, including Dover and Folkestone
Region: Kent, South London and East Sussex
Country: England
Counties covered: Kent
Watercourses covered: English Channel, North Sea
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Coast from St Margaret's at Cliffe to Sandgate.
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).
No current or recent warnings.