Flood warnings for:
Essex, England

6:49pm Friday 15 January 2021

0 Severe flood warnings
Severe flooding - danger to life

3 Flood warnings
Flooding is expected - immediate action required

• River Roding at Loughton
• The Mardyke from North Stifford to Purfleet
• The River Colne from Halstead to Lexden

15 Flood alerts
Flooding is possible - be prepared

• Lower River Lee from Hoddesdon to Canning Town
• Lower River Roding
• Middle River Roding
• River Granta in Essex and Cambridgeshire
• River Rhee in Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire
• River Stort and Stansted Brook catchment
• The lower River Chelmer, including the River Ter and brooks around Sandon
• The Mardyke to the River Thames at Purfleet
• The River Colne from Great Yeldham to Colchester
• The Rivers Deben and Lark
• The Rivers Pant, Blackwater and Brain
• The River Stour from Sudbury to Stratford St Mary and Dedham
• The Rivers Wid and Can
• The upper River Chelmer
• Upper River Cam in Essex and Cambridgeshire

15 Flood warnings no longer in force
Flood warnings and flood alerts - removed in the last 24 hours

• Lower Lee tributaries
• River Ash in Hertfordshire
• River Ingrebourne at Harold Park and Hornchurch
• River Lee at Hertford
• Rivers Beam and Rom
• River Stort at Harlow
• The River Chelmer from Churchend to the Rivermead Industrial Estate in Chelmsford
• The River Crouch from Noak Bridge to Runwell
• The River Crouch from Noaks Bridge to Runwell
• The River Gipping, from downstream of Needham Market, to upstream of London Road Bridge, Ipswich
• The River Roach, Prittle Brook and Eastwood Brook
• The Rivers Box and Brett
• The Stour Brook from Haverhill to Sturmer
• The upper Stour and surrounding tributaries
• Upper Roding

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