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Flooding expected. Take action now.
River levels are falling slowly after heavy rainfall over the last 36 hours. Flooding of roads and low-lying land is expected to continue throughout tonight 17/11/2022 and into tomorrow, 18/11/2022. We expect flooding to affect low lying land and roads around Forest Row, Ashurst, Hartfield, Penshurst and particularly on and around Balls Green and Ashurst. No further rainfall is forecast until Saturday 19 November. River levels remain high but are now starting to fall this evening on the River Medway between Forest Row and Ashurst. We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are out on the ground checking and clearing any blockages and ready to operate structures, if required. This message will be updated by 11am on Friday18 November or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 11:00pm, Thursday 17th November 2022.
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River Medway between Forest Row and Penshurst, including Ashurst and Hartwell
Region: Kent, South London and East Sussex
Country: England
Counties covered: East Sussex, Kent, West Sussex
Watercourses covered: River Medway
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for River Medway between Forest Row and Penshurst.
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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