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Find out if there’s flooding in your area: flood warnings, flood alerts plus river, sea and groundwater levels.
How to check the long term flood risk for an area in England, assess risk from rivers and sea, surface water, reservoirs, ground water.
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
How to prepare for a flood: who to contact, how to protect your property, get insurance.
Support if you’ve been flooded: how to clear up, dispose of contaminated items and sandbags, repair your property.
What to do if you’re about to be flooded and during flooding: who to contact, how to stay safe, how to report a problem.
Report a cause of flooding: who to contact for burst water mains, flooded sewers, public drains, roads, rivers
The dangers of flash flooding and how to stay safe.
What flood alerts and flood warnings mean and what you should do when they're issued.
How to get the flood history for a postcode area or property in England.
Flooding presents a number of risks to health. This guidance helps professionals and the public address those risks and clean up safely.
The Flood Forecasting Centre (FFC) is a working partnership between the Environment Agency and Met Office.
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application.
Introducing 3 innovative programmes to improve resilience to flooding and coastal change.
Guidance and information on flood risk management and surface water management.
Groundwater flooding, how it might affect you and what to do.
Increase flood resilience with Natural Flood Management
Advises how to take account of and address the risks associated with flooding and coastal change in the planning process.
Find out if you need to follow standing advice when completing a flood risk assessment and what to do.
What information local planning authorities need to include in a strategic flood risk assessment.
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