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Flooding expected. Take action now.
River levels are rising at the Pickerings Cut river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall and are expected to remain high until Friday. Consequently, flooding for higher level properties at Acton Bridge, Weaverham and Little Leigh is possible tonight, on Wednesday 20th January, and into tomorrow. Further rainfall is forecast but it is expected that river levels will peak tomorrow evening, on Thursday 21st January. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and river levels and will issue further flood warnings if necessary. Please be aware of your surroundings and keep up to date with the current situation. This message will be updated tomorrow, on Thursday 21st January, or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 6:18pm, Wednesday 20th January 2021.
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Warning no longer in force
Sun 22 Oct 2023, 3:20pm
Flood warning
Sun 22 Oct 2023, 11:17am
Flood warning
Sat 21 Oct 2023, 3:30pm
Flood warning
Fri 20 Oct 2023, 11:52pm
Warning no longer in force
Sat 23 Jan 2021, 4:24pm
Flood warning
Fri 22 Jan 2021, 9:41am
Flood warning
Wed 20 Jan 2021, 6:18pm
Areas at risk include higher level properties along Acton Lane and Warrington Road at Acton Bridge and Sandy Lane in Weaverham
Region: Manchester, Mersey and Cheshire
Country: England
Counties covered: Cheshire West and Chester
Watercourses covered: River Weaver
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for River Weaver at Acton Bridge and Weaverham, higher properties.
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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