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River levels are rising at the Hayhurst Bridge river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall and are expected to remain high until Friday. Consequently, flooding of properties off Navigation Road, Chester Way, Dock Road, Yarwood Close, Marine Approach and Leicester Street is possible from tonight, Wednesday 20th January. Further rainfall is forecast over the next 48 hours but the river levels are expected to peak tomorrow evening, Thursday 21st January. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and river levels and will issue further flood warnings if necessary. We have deployed flood defences in Northwich. Please be aware of your surroundings and keep up to date with the current situation. This message will be updated tomorrow, Thursday 21st January or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 9:49pm, Wednesday 20th January 2021.
Warning no longer in force
Wed 1 Jan 2025, 1:45am
Flood warning
Wed 1 Jan 2025, 1:02am
Warning no longer in force
Sat 23 Jan 2021, 4:00pm
Flood warning
Fri 22 Jan 2021, 9:18am
Flood warning
Wed 20 Jan 2021, 9:49pm
Areas at risk include properties off Navigation Road, Chester Way, Dock Road, Yarwood Close, Marine Approach and Leicester Street
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 Navigation Road and Marine Approach.
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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