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Flooding expected. Take action now.
River levels are rising at the Sale Ees river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall, and will remain high until Friday. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for Sale Water Park today, Wednesday 20th January. 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. We are currently operating Sale and Didsbury storage basins. 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 updated tomorrow, Thursday 21st January or as the situation changes
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This information last updated 12:23pm, Wednesday 20th January 2021.
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Sale Water Park, including Trafford Watersports centre and associated buildings, Deckers, Jacksons Boat public house and parts of Rifle Road.
Region: Manchester, Mersey and Cheshire
Country: England
Counties covered: Trafford
Watercourses covered: River Mersey
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for River Mersey at Sale Water Park.
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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