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This is an archived message. The status has changed more recently.
Flooding possible. Be prepared.
Flooding continues to be possible on Monday 15 December 2025. Persistent rainfall over the last 48 hours caused river and lake levels to rise. No further significant rainfall is expected on Monday or Tuesday and river levels have now started to fall. However, large amounts of flood water remain. Locations most affected will be low lying land and roads near rivers Ehen, Calder, Irt, Esk and other watercourses from Harrington to Annaside including low lying areas around Whitehaven, Cleator Moor, Egremont, Gosforth, Eskdale and Bootle. We are closely monitoring the situation. Avoid using low lying footpaths, bridges near local watercourses and do not drive through flood water. This message will be updated by 10:00AM on 16 December 2025 or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 5:10pm, Monday 15th December 2025.
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Rivers Ehen, Calder, Irt and Esk and other watercourses, from Harrington to Annaside including low lying areas around Whitehaven, Cleator Moor, Egremont, Gosforth, Eskdale and Bootle
Region: Cumbria and Lancashire
Country: England
Counties covered: Cumberland
Watercourses covered: River Ehen, Rive Calder, River Irt, River Esk
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Rivers Ehen, Calder, Irt and Esk.
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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