The Environment Agency in the East Midlands is urging people across the region to check their flood risk as further rainfall this week could well cause new warnings and alerts to be issued.
Teams are working 24/7 in response to the impacts of Storm Babet which brought high winds and heavy rainfall to the UK last week.
A spokesperson said:
‘At present (Tuesday 24 October, 3pm) we have 3 warnings and 9 alerts in Nottinghamshire.
‘Across the whole region (Notts, Derbys, Leics) we have 5 warnings and 11 alerts still active.
• Live updates: Flood alerts and warnings in force across Nottinghamshire on Tuesday
‘While the heavy rain passed on Saturday morning, river levels are likely to remain elevated for much of the week as a result of further rainfall and slow discharge of water on the smaller watercourses, due to high levels on the River Trent. We are likely to see additional flood warnings and alerts issued.
‘River flows have peaked on the River Trent at Colwick, Nottingham, but levels remain high as water makes its way downstream.
‘We expect the forecast rainfall will have little impact on the existing River Trent levels, but smaller watercourses are expected to react and new flood warnings may be required across Nottinghamshire as the week progresses.
‘We expect this event will continue for the remainder of the week with the potential for spring tides and forecast rainfall to cause further disruption.
‘Due to the unprecedented nature of the flooding, some isolated communities could be cut off due to standing water.
‘We are working today (Tuesday) alongside our partners in a multi-agency response downstream of Newark where the community of Holme (around 40 properties) is impacted.
‘Unfortunately, to date we have received reports of around 75 flooded properties in Nottinghamshire and 35 in Derbyshire.’
“All incidents of flooding are devastating and causes great distress to all those involved.
“Our teams are working 24/7 across the region to keep people and their properties safe.
“We are urging people to keep checking their flood risk and not to drive through flood water which can move vehicles in levels of only 30cm.”
Residents can keep up to date with the latest flood warnings on the Environment Agency website, or sign up to free flood warnings which are sent automatically via text, phone or email at https://www.gov.uk/sign-up-for-flood-warnings or call Flood Line on 0845 988 1188.
Background Information
In Retford Beck we used 7 mobile pumps and a High Volume Pump was deployed by the Fire Service.
Our 24/7 incident room has remained opened since Friday 20 October.
We continue to work closely with partner organisations and have supported the responses from Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Local Resilience Forums.
We have also deployed Community Information Officers to support local communities and record flood level data.
There have been unprecedented rainfall totals experienced in Derbyshire during Storm Babet resulting in around130mm of rain falling in and around Sheffield and 80mm across Derbyshire.
