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FLOOD FACTS
A flash flood is a sudden flood event caused by a hydrologic response of the drainage basin. Flash floods are normally strongly localized and associated with extreme showers or thunderstorm activity, when high rates of precipitation occur in a short period of time.
On July 4, 2001 a flash flood swept through the Bryn Gwyn holiday park near Bala, North Wales leaving up to 45,000 homes without power and moving caravans several hundred yards away
Flood warnings are issued by the relevant government agencies for your area. The warnings for flood should appear on here live but we recommend that any danger of flood is checked by your flood authority eg EA or SEPA.
We aim to give as much flood information as possible including flood warnings and flood predictions, we have river cams to show flood states of rivers, used in conjunction with weather rain radar to predict if rain will continue and cause possible flooding.
In addition we have rain gauges showing rain fall and likely floods and flooding.
66 percent of flood deaths occur in vehicles, and most happen when drivers make a single, fatal mistake trying to navigate through flood waters.
Just 6 inches of rapidly moving flood water can knock a person down.
A mere 2 feet of water can float a large vehicle even a bus.
Flood warnings are updated by Gov agencys. We endeavour to keep the flood warnings updated but you may need to refresh the page occasionally in case your computer has the flood warnings stored in its cache.
Any doubt about these flood warnings and you should visit the relevant gov site to confirm latest flood warnings are being shown.
We have flood warnings on this site so as much information can be gained from one source as possible rather than users searching for different information in different places.
Severe flood warnings are the most dangerous warning with alerts, and flood warning often issued before severe flood warnings
The data on this site is provided for purpose of information only and is not intended for any other reason, including but not limited to flood forecasting, flood prevention or predicting actual weather severity. It is up to you the user to decide if you need to take action and what action if any to take. Floodwarn shall not be liable for any errors, inaccuracies,misrepresentations, delay in the content, or for any action taken or not taken in reliance thereon. The FloodWarn site contains information that may or may not be accurate.
Please use the UK GOVERNMENT sites for reliable information.
Floodwarn accept your use of this site under these terms only.
As flooding effects more and more of UK residents we will give you the help and information to limit the effects.
We aim to provide the latest warnings of severe weather, latest river levels and a forum so users can pass the latest news to each other.
In addition we have links to weather related sites and to companies offering the latest innovations to limit the effects of flooding.
Use the weather rainfall radar to check current rainfall approaching. Check the visible cloud approaching and the weather rainfall stations to check how much rain has fallen today and in last hour. These can be found in Weather Latest.The river webcams are best seen during daylight. They provide the state of the rivers during heavy rain. These can be viewed in the river cam section.
Resources that you can use to predict possible flooding.
Weather in Cardiff
FLOOD FACTS
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