New Romney Sewage Arm Flood alert 6:04pm, Monday 26th February 2024

Flooding possible. Be prepared.

Flood alert

River levels are high as a result of heavy rainfall on Sunday night and Monday morning, 26 February. Flooding is affecting low lying land along the New Romney Sewage Arm at Greatstone. The forecast is for mainly dry weather over the next few days. River levels are expected to gradually fall this evening and overnight into Tuesday, 27 February. We continue to monitor the situation and our incident response staff are out on the ground checking structures and clearing debris from the rivers. Please avoid using low lying footpaths near to the watercourse. This message will be updated by 2pm on Tuesday 27 February, or as the situation changes.

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This information last updated 6:04pm, Monday 26th February 2024.

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Flood Warning Area Details

New Romney Sewage Arm from the Sewage Treatment Works to the Sea and from Littlestone Road to the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, including New Romney

Region: Kent, South London and East Sussex

Country: England

Counties covered: Kent

Watercourses covered: New Romney Sewage Arm

Area covered by this alert location

The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for New Romney Sewage Arm.

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).