Online monitors of Yorkshire flood risk
The U.K. Environment Agency now offers individuals and businesses at flood risk in Yorkshire a real-time Web-based monitoring of local river and sea levels; the data from more than 1,700 monitoring stations across England and Wales will complement personalized phone and text-message alerts from the Environment Agency’s free flood-warning service
Residents can now receive flood alerts by a variety of means // Source: wordpress.com
Individuals and businesses at flood risk in Yorkshire can now monitor local river and sea levels online, the Environment Agency has announced. The service — at the Environment Agency’s Web site — will allow the public to monitor developing flood situations at more than 140 river and coastal locations in Yorkshire.
The Engineer reports that data from more than 1,700 monitoring stations across England and Wales will complement personalized phone and text-message alerts from the Environment Agency’s free flood-warning service. Monitoring information online will be updated daily, or more frequently during flooding incidents.
More and more homes and businesses have their own individual flood defenses and the new information service will help them to decide when to fit flood boards and gates.
Craig Woolhouse, the Environment Agency’s head of flood-incident management, said: “Our new service is there to help people, communities and businesses make informed decisions about how to respond to potential flooding. It will also be a valuable source of up-to-date information for boaters, surfers and other water users.”
