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This is an archived message. The status has changed more recently.
Flooding expected. Take action now.
River levels remain high but are beginning to fall at the Ordsall river gauge as a result of Storm Babet. Flooding continues. Areas most at risk are Retford, including Eaton and Gamston, the A638 Eaton to Ordsall Road, the B6387 Gamston Road at Gamston, Eaton Road at Eaton, and the A631 at Bawtry.
We expect river levels to remain high until 23/10/2023. Further rainfall is forecast for Tuesday, 24/10/2023.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are patrolling watercourses in the area and liaising with emergency services.
Please avoid contact with flood water. Contact your insurance company if you've been flooded and take photographs of any flood damage.
This message will be updated by 00:00 on 24/10/2023, or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 2:14am, Monday 23rd October 2023.
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Tue 24 Oct 2023, 11:08am
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Mon 23 Oct 2023, 7:43pm
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Mon 23 Oct 2023, 2:14am
Flood warning
Sun 22 Oct 2023, 6:39pm
Severe flood warning
Sun 22 Oct 2023, 11:15am
Flood warning
Sun 22 Oct 2023, 3:39am
Flood warning
Sun 22 Oct 2023, 12:06am
Flood warning
Sat 21 Oct 2023, 3:52pm
Warning no longer in force
Tue 12 Nov 2019, 5:16pm
Flood Warning
Tue 12 Nov 2019, 9:17am
River Idle at South Retford, Eaton, Gamston and Thrumpton
Region: East Midlands
Country: England
Counties covered: Nottinghamshire
Watercourses covered: River Idle
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for River Idle at Retford, Eaton and Gamston.
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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