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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
The water level in the Western Yar at Freshwater is high and rising rapidly. In the last 3 hours, 35mm of rain has been recorded at Afton. This is a significant amount in a short period of time. From 06:30 Friday 29/08/2025 surface water will flood School Green Road in Freshwater. The river will be bank full and may also come out of bank in some places, adding to the volume of water in the roads. Heavy rain will continue to affect the area over the next 2 hours with up to 20mm possible. With continued rainfall if water levels continue to increase, in the next 1 hour we may issue a Flood Warning, for onset of property flooding from the river. Our operational teams are out keeping streams clear of reported blockages. We continue to monitor the forecast. If you live on School Green Road, please take appropriate action so that you can protect your property if required. This Flood Alert will be updated at 12:00 Friday 29/08/25 or sooner, if we think property flooding will occur.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 6:35am, Friday 29th August 2025.
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Warning no longer in force
Fri 29 Aug 2025, 8:15am
Flood alert
Fri 29 Aug 2025, 6:35am
Warning no longer in force
Tue 17 Jan 2023, 1:54pm
Flood alert
Mon 16 Jan 2023, 3:31am
Western Yar through Freshwater
Region: Solent and South Downs
Country: England
Counties covered: Isle of Wight
Watercourses covered: Western Yar
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Western Yar.
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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