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Flooding expected. Take action now.
River levels have risen at the Victoria Bridge river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Areas affected will be residential and commercial properties in the Westmorland Business Park, Gilthwaite Rigg, Burneside Road, Benson Green areas. Riverside pathways and the Goose Holme Park area will also be affected.
Further rainfall is forecast until lunch time on 09/02/2020.
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 in 8 hours, or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 9:11am, Sunday 9th February 2020.
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Properties adjacent to the Rivers Kent and Mint at Kendal, including Westmorland Business Park, Gilthwaiterigg Lane, Burneside Road, Dockray Hall Road and Industrial Estate, Benson Green and Gooseholme Park
Region: Cumbria and Lancashire
Country: England
Counties covered: Westmorland and Furness
Watercourses covered: River Kent
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Rivers Kent and Mint at Kendal, Westmorland Business Park, Burneside Road, Benson Green.
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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