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Flooding expected. Take action now.
River levels have risen at the Polesworth river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property is possible to begin between 15:45 and 17:15 today Monday, 06/01/2025. We expect flooding to affect properties and roads in the Shuttington Road, Amington Old Hall, Amington Park, Filey, Selker Drive and Whitley Avenue areas.
Further rainfall is forecast over the next 24 hours. We expect river levels to rise until 21:45 today, Monday 06/01/25.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are actively checking river levels and the weather forecast. Please activate any property flood protection products you may have, such as flood barriers and air brick covers and move family, pets, possessions, valuables and cars to safety. Have a bag ready with vital items like medicines and insurance documents and call 999 if in immediate danger.
This message will be updated by 22:00 today, Monday 06/01/25, or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 3:13pm, Monday 6th January 2025.
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Tue 7 Jan 2025, 3:52pm
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Tue 7 Jan 2025, 12:59pm
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Mon 6 Jan 2025, 9:08pm
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Sat 10 Feb 2024, 10:51am
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River Anker at Amington, Tamworth including Shuttington Road, Amington Old Hall, Amington Park, Filey, Selker Drive and Whitley Avenue
Region: West Midlands
Country: England
Counties covered: Staffordshire
Watercourses covered: River Anker
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for River Anker at Amington, Tamworth.
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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