All the flood warnings in place across Greater Manchester as Environment Agency issues urgent advice
09.12.2023 - 16:59
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Six new flood warnings have been issued across Greater Manchester this afternoon (December 9) as the region braces for adverse weather.
The Environment Agency has issued the warnings after telling residents in Horwich to ‘act now’ this morning in its first flood warning for the city-region. Now, it has published six new amber warnings, less severe than the red warning in place for Horwich.
The amber warning means ‘flooding is possible’ so people should ‘be prepared’. The warnings were issued shortly after 2:30pm today.
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The areas covered by the six new warnings are:
River Glaze catchment including Leigh and East Wigan
Middle River Mersey catchment including areas near Bramhall, Stockport, Sale, Altrincham and Urmston
Lower River Irwell catchment including areas in Greater Manchester
River Mersey Uplands catchment including Hyde, Ashton-under-Lyne, Denton, Stalybridge and Glossop
Upper River Irwell catchment with Oldham, Bolton, Rochdale, Haslingden, Ramsbottom and Rawtenstall
Upper River Douglas
In each case, the flooding is believed to be due to heavy rainfall near water courses in the area. The full text of each warning is below, taken from the Environment Agency website.
“Rainfall is forecast across the Glaze catchment throughout Saturday and into Sunday 10/12/2023. The heaviest of the rain will occur early this evening from around 5pm until around midnight. Flooding of low lying land and roads is possible from around 9.30pm on 9/12/23.
“Areas most at risk include low lying land and roads around Moss, Hey, Bedford