Over the last 24 hours we have seen heavy rainfall in the Louth Canal and Waithe Beck area. This means that the rivers are now rising, which will lead to flooding of low-lying land and roads close to the rivers from the afternoon of Monday, 4th December onwards. We expect the rivers to remain high throughout the next few days and flooding to gardens, driveways or outhouses is possible close to the rivers. Our forecasts indicate that flooding inside properties isn't likely and therefore flood warnings are not expected to be issued. We are constantly monitoring river levels and have staff in the field checking for blockages and clearing weedscreens. Please avoid using low lying footpaths near local watercourses and plan driving routes to avoid low lying roads near rivers, which may be flooded. This message will be updated online and on FloodLine by 14:00 on 05/12/2023, or before if the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 1:50pm, Monday 4th December.
Louth Canal from Louth to Tetney Lock, the Waithe Beck from Binbrook to Tetney Lock and their tributaries, including the River Lud in Louth. Tributaries may also affect Utterby and Covenham St Mary
Region: Lincs and Northants
Country: England
Counties covered: Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire
Watercourses covered: River Lud, Louth Canal, Waithe Beck
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Louth Canal and Waithe Beck.
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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