Mapped: Flood warnings and alerts amid fears of deluge as temperatures finally rise
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A drastic temperature change could see parts of England flooded due to snow melting. Three flood warnings and more than 30 alerts are in place across England and Scotland as the country’s cold snap has finally come to an end. As temperatures move above 0C and return to double digits on Monday, ice and snow will begin to melt, with localised flooding possible, the Met Office said.
In England, a warning has been issued by the Environment Agency (EA) for the River Trent at the village of Girton, in Cambridgeshire. The agency reported that “standing water remains in the village with access roads being affected”, although river levels had fallen below the flood risk threshold and no further rainfall was forecast.
And in Scotland, flood warnings are in place for Strath Oykel and Strath Carron. Flood warnings mean that flooding is ‘expected’, while flood alerts mean they are ‘possible’. A further 25 flood alerts were put in place across England. The five day forecast from the Met Office and EA reported that “local flooding is possible but not expected” from groundwater in parts of the south of England and from rivers in the north of England on Monday and Tuesday.
It continued: “Land, roads and some properties may flood and there may be travel disruption.”. Daniel Bond, flood duty manager at the EA, said: “Combined rainfall and snowmelt means there is a very low likelihood of minor river flooding across parts of the Yorkshire and Humber region on Monday and into Tuesday.
