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Find out if there’s flooding in your area: flood warnings, flood alerts plus river, sea and groundwater levels.
What the reservoir flood maps show, how they were created and how to use them for your assessments.
What flood alerts and flood warnings mean and what you should do when they're issued.
How to check the long term flood risk for an area in England, assess risk from rivers and sea, surface water, reservoirs, ground water.
This guide explains the problems and risks which may come from extreme weather, how to mitigate them and how you can make your reservoir more resilient. You can read each section in isolation, or as a whole document.
How to get the flood history for a postcode area or property in England.
Increase flood resilience with Natural Flood Management
Register your home or business in England, Scotland or Wales to receive flood warnings and find out how to check flood risk in Northern Ireland
When to use hydrological and hydraulic modelling as part of a flood risk assessment for a planning application, and the expected standards.
Guidance and information on flood risk management and surface water management.
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