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Flooding expected. Take action now.
River levels have risen at the Haltwhistle river gauge as a result of persistent heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property/roads and farmland is expected between 07:00 and 15:00 today, 09/02/20. Areas most at risk are properties around Castle Glen, Station Court, Seldom Seen, Hadrian Varnish Works, Albion Works and Bellister Lodge.
Further heavy rainfall is forecast throughout the morning. We expect river levels to remain high until 15:00 on Sunday, 09/02/20.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are checking defences.
Please avoid using low lying footpaths near local watercourses.
This message will be updated by 14:00 on 09/02/20, or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 6:54am, Sunday 9th February 2020.
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Warning no longer in force
Sun 9 Feb 2020, 4:31pm
Flood Warning
Sun 9 Feb 2020, 6:54am
Properties around Castle Glen, Station Court, Seldom Seen, Hadrian Varnish Works, Albion Works and Bellister Lodge
Region: North East
Country: England
Counties covered: Northumberland
Watercourses covered: River Tyne
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for River South Tyne at Haltwhistle.
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).
No current or recent warnings.