A prolonged period of heavy rain associated with Storm Christoph will cause river levels to rise at the Brinksway river gauge and, consequently, flooding of property or roads and farmland is possible. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for low lying land and roads around Micker, Cringle, Sinderland and Poynton Brooks and their tributaries. Further rainfall is forecast over the next 48 hours and we expect river levels to remain high until Friday. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and river levels and will issue flood warnings if necessary. We are planning to operate the Didsbury Flood Basins this morning, Wednesday 20th January. Please avoid using low lying footpaths near local watercourses, be aware of your surroundings, and keep up to date with the current situation. This message will be updated tomorrow, Thursday 21st January, or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 7:11am, Wednesday 20th January.
The Middle River Mersey catchment includes Micker, Cringle, Sinderland and Poynton Brooks and their tributaries. Other locations which may be affected are Stretford, Gatley, Cheadle Hulme and Cheadle
Region: North West
Counties covered: Cheshire East, Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Warrington
Watercourses covered: River Mersey
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Middle River Mersey catchment including areas near Bramhall, Stockport, Sale, Altrincham and Urmston.
Icons on the map show nearby level monitoring stations. They are not necessarily related to this particular flood warning area.
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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