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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
Heavy rainfall throughout the early morning (21/06/2017) has lead to a rise in river levels in the area. There are no known impacts currently. Further rain is forecast up to midday today (21/06/2017) and we expect rivers to remain high until then. Please avoid walking or driving along riverside roads and footpaths. We are monitoring the situation and will update this message if it changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 7:49am, Wednesday 21st June 2017.
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Warning no longer in force
Sun 9 Jul 2023, 11:52am
Flood alert
Sat 8 Jul 2023, 5:36pm
Flood alert
Sat 8 Jul 2023, 11:31am
Warning no longer in force
Wed 21 Jun 2017, 12:07pm
Flood Alert
Wed 21 Jun 2017, 7:49am
Coastal rivers within Tyneside and Wearside from Brier Dene to Castle Eden Burn
Region: North East
Country: England
Counties covered: County Durham, Hartlepool, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Sunderland
Watercourses covered: Brier Dene Burn, Castle Eden Burn
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Tyne and Wear coastal rivers.
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.
No current or recent warnings.