Wear estuary

No current or recent warnings at this location.

Most recent flood warnings and alerts for Wear estuary

• Warning no longer in force
  Fri 6 Feb 2026, 8:19pm

• Flood alert
  Fri 6 Feb 2026, 9:14am

• Flood alert
  Thu 5 Feb 2026, 9:58am

• Flood alert
  Wed 4 Feb 2026, 3:56pm

• Warning no longer in force
  Wed 4 Feb 2026, 8:15am

• Flood alert
  Tue 3 Feb 2026, 1:11pm

• Flood alert
  Mon 2 Feb 2026, 10:22am

• Flood alert
  Mon 2 Feb 2026, 10:13am

• Warning no longer in force
  Sun 25 Jan 2026, 8:52am

• Flood alert
  Sat 24 Jan 2026, 10:14am

Flood Warning Area Details

Wear estuary from Lamb Bridge at Chester-le-street to the North Sea coast

Region: North East

Country: England

Counties covered: County Durham, Sunderland

Watercourses covered: River Wear

Area covered by this alert location

The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Wear 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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