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Flooding expected. Take action now.
Tide levels, wind strength and wave conditions are reducing today.
Flooding is possible 3 hours either side of high tide on the morning of Thursday 23rd.
Areas particularly at risk include Torbay, Teignmouth, Beesands, Torcross, Slapton and Dawlish.
The high tide at Teignmouth on Thursday is at 11:45AM, times of high water will vary along the coast. Forecast total high tide level is 1.24mAOD, which is 0.08 metres above tide table level. Strong Easterly winds and offshore wave heights up to 1.4m are forecast over the high tide.
Coastal conditions are forecast to ease throughout the day. This flood warning, and the South Devon Coast Flood Alert from Start Point to Dawlish Warren, will be removed after low tide this afternoon.
We are closely monitoring the situation.
Take care and avoid walking, cycling or driving through flood water .
This message will be updated as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 9:51am, Thursday 23rd April.
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Exposed coastal areas at Hallsands, Beesands, Torcross, Slapton, Blackpool Sands, Teignmouth Promenade and Dawlish
Region: Devon and Cornwall
Country: England
Counties covered: Devon, Torbay
Watercourses covered: English Channel, South Devon Coast
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for South Devon coast at Beesands, Torcross, Slapton and Dawlish.
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.