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Flooding expected. Take action now.
Flooding is expected over the high tides on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. High water at Ilfracombe on Wednesday at 19:30 and Thursday at 07:45, times of high water will vary along the coast. Conditions apply two hours either side of high tide. The tidal gate at Instow has been closed. Force 7 west south west winds and offshore wave heights of 4.5m are forecast. This may cause localised property flooding and standing water on roads. Do not drive through flood water or waves. Keep up to date with weather and tide conditions on the local radio. We are monitoring the situation and will update this information on Thursday morning or if the situation changes. Detailed tidal information for those who use it; the forecast high tide level on Wednesday evening is 5.61 mAOD and 5.58 mAOD on Thursday morning; this is 0.53 metres and 0.37 metres above astronomical tide level.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 2:30pm, Wednesday 11th March 2020.
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Fri 13 Mar 2020, 10:29am
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Thu 12 Mar 2020, 11:27am
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Thu 12 Mar 2020, 6:28am
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Wed 11 Mar 2020, 2:30pm
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Low lying areas and communities in the Taw Torridge Estuary, including Instow, Appledore, Fremington, Muddlebridge, Braunton Marsh, Velator, Wrafton, Chivenor and Yelland
Region: Devon and Cornwall
Country: England
Counties covered: Devon
Watercourses covered: Bristol Channel, River Taw, River Torridge, North Devon Coast
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Tidal locations in the Taw Torridge Estuary.
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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