Sign up for flood warnings

Sign up to get flood warnings if your home or business in England is at risk of flooding. The service is free.

You can get warnings about flooding from rivers, the sea or groundwater, depending on your area.

You cannot get flood warnings for surface water flooding (sometimes known as ‘flash flooding’).

Sign up for warnings

You’ll need to provide:

  • the address you want flood warnings for
  • an email address
  • a way to contact you at any time of day or night - you can choose to get a call, text or email

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If you cannot get warnings

Flood warnings are not available in all areas. 

If you cannot get warnings, you can check the long term flood risk of your area.

Update your details or flood warnings

If you have previously signed up for flood warnings, you can sign into your account to:

  • update your details
  • remove warnings for a property
  • delete your account

If you live in Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland

Sign up for flood warnings in Scotland or flood warnings in Wales.

Use flood maps to check flooding risk in Northern Ireland.

Other ways to register

If you’re in England, Scotland or Wales you can register, update your details or cancel your account by calling Floodline.

Floodline
Telephone: 0345 988 1188
Textphone: 0345 602 6340
24-hour service
Find out about call charges

Warnings for more than one place

If you’re in England, you can register for the Targeted Flood Warning Service to get warnings for more than one place. For example, if your organisation has several sites.

To register for the Targeted Flood Warning Service, call the National Customer Contact Centre.

National Customer Contact Centre
Telephone: 03708 506 506
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm
Find out about call charges

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