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Flooding expected. Take action now.
This message has been issued because flooding of homes and businesses is likely over the next few hours and into this evening, Thursday 14th January. River levels are high and expected to continue to rise in response to the rainfall. Areas most at risk are Noak Bridge, Barleylands Road, Southend Road, and riverside properties in Wickford. It is likely that we may need to issue more warning messages for a wider area, over the next few hours. The forecast is for persistent rain this morning and into the afternoon, more settled on Friday but with further rainfall on Saturday. Flood water is dangerous. Don't put yourself or others at risk. We are closely monitoring the situation and will update this message as necessary, and no later than 6pm on Thursday 14th January.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 7:50am, Thursday 14th January 2021.
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Thu 21 Oct 2021, 11:30am
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Wed 20 Oct 2021, 11:31pm
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Sun 31 Jan 2021, 8:46am
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Thu 28 Jan 2021, 12:07pm
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Fri 15 Jan 2021, 7:28am
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Thu 14 Jan 2021, 7:50am
The River Crouch from Noak Bridge through Wickford to Runwell
Region: East Anglia
Country: England
Counties covered: Essex
Watercourses covered: Crouch
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for The River Crouch from Noak Bridge to Runwell.
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.