River levels are rising at the Wigan river gauge as a result of persistent heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property/roads and farmland is possible until Thursday morning 21/01/21. Flooding is expected to affect low lying land as roads in Horwich, Adlington, Wigan, Appley Bridge and Skelmersdale. High river levels are possible on the River Douglas, Pearl Brook, River Tawd, Eller Brook and their tributaries. Further rainfall is forecast through to Wednesday morning 20/01/21. We expect river levels to remain high until Thursday morning 21/01/21. We are closely monitoring the situation. The flood storage basin will be in operation . Please avoid contact with flood water and avoid using low lying footpaths near rivers. This message will be updated tomorrow morning, 20/01/21, or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 7:15pm, Tuesday 19th January.
The River Douglas from Horwich Star Vale to Appley Bridge including Adlington, Blackrod, Wigan, Standish, and Gathurst
Counties covered: Bolton, Lancashire, Wigan
Watercourses covered: River Douglas
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Upper River Douglas.
Icons on the map show nearby level monitoring stations. They are not necessarily related to this particular flood warning area.
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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