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Flooding expected. Take action now.
River levels are rising at the Causey Bridge river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall and will remain high until Friday. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for land and property close to Rainford Brook. Further rainfall is forecast over the next 48 hours. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and river levels and will issue further flood warnings if necessary. Please be aware of your surroundings and keep up to date with the current situation and avoid using low lying footpaths near local watercourses. This message will be tomorrow, Thursday 21st January or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 12:52pm, Wednesday 20th January 2021.
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Sun 21 Sep 2025, 10:36am
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Sat 20 Sep 2025, 8:12pm
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Wed 1 Jan 2025, 5:47pm
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Wed 1 Jan 2025, 1:14am
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Fri 22 Jan 2021, 4:13pm
Flood warning
Fri 22 Jan 2021, 10:20am
Flood warning
Thu 21 Jan 2021, 4:55pm
Flood warning
Wed 20 Jan 2021, 12:52pm
Areas at risk include land and property at Berrington Road Cottage, between Grey House Farm and the river, Windle Park Wood, and some properties on Woodside and Birch Tree Avenues
Region: Manchester, Mersey and Cheshire
Country: England
Counties covered: St. Helens
Watercourses covered: Rainford Brook
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Rainford Brook at Moss Bank.
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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