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“Heavy and persistent rain will continue to affect western parts of both West and North Yorkshire through the course of Boxing Day. The heaviest rain is expected to occur this morning, before easing for a time this afternoon. A further spell of heavy rain is then likely this evening before a clearance takes place from the northwest.
Please take action to remain safe and protect property: widespread flooding will lead to high levels of disruption to travel, deep, fast-flowing watercourses and an associated possible danger to life.
A band of rain has become slow-moving across the region. 30 to 60 mm of rain has already fallen widely, with a further 30 to 50 mm expected in some places. Some upland areas may see around 120 mm over the entire event, including the rain that has already fallen. This is expected to lead to widespread river flooding, whilst the shorter-period accumulations will result in high impacts from surface water flooding”. Met Office
A flood warning has been issued for the River Ouse at York, Clifton. The previously issued warnings for the Riverside properties and St Georges Field remain in force. The Clifton flood warning has been issued due to rising levels on Burdyke. The pumping station at Burdyke is running to full capacity, however, due to the volume of water in the beck the level has risen to 3.9m and is unable to discharge into the River Ouse due to high levels. The current river level at the Viking recorder in York is 3.5m or 11 feet 6 inches. Levels are rising in response to the recent rainfall in the upper catchments. Levels may rise further during Saturday as further rain is forecast. Our staff are monitoring the situation closely and we will update this message as further information becomes available. Please ensure that you keep up to date with the current situation for your area, further information is available on www.gov.uk/flood.
Flood alerts http://floodalerts.com/?id=94542
Ouse river level camera (real time): http://www.farsondigitalwatercams.com/locations/york#
Viking Ouse river level gauge (Twitter) https://twitter.com/riverlevel_1900
Weather real time http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap
Traffic http://www.trafficengland.com/ or http://roadworks.org/
Local Councillor Andrew Waller audited the effectiveness of drainage systems over the weekend.
The wet weather has revealed several problems all of which have been reported to the Council.
Poor drainage on Askham Lane near bus stop
Blocked gulley at entrance to Gladstone Street
Blocked gully near Green Lane roundabout
Broken drain cover St Stephens Square
Cornlands Road near bus stops
Windsor Garth
Poor drainage and damaged gully Danesfort Avenue
Windsor Garth flooding
Provisions are in place and York is open for business – is the message following a multi-agency York Flood Group meeting which took place this morning.
The group is reassuring residents and businesses that provisions are in place should river levels rise. The group comprises of representatives from City of York Council, the Environment Agency, North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue, Yorkshire Water, Northern Powergrid and the Army.
The group only meets when the River Ouse levels reach 4.2 meters above normal summer level (asl).
As a result of the high river levels Rowntree Park, St George’s Field Car Park and Millenium Bridge are all closed.
City of York Council has erected sandbag defences at Peckitt Street, Tower Gardens and Tower Place. The access bridge to City Mills Residential Home has also been erected.
Front line teams are on standby from all organisations to work round the clock if required to protect residents, tourists and keep York open for business.
The Environment Agency is monitoring the situation. The Environment Agency Floodline number is 0345 988 1188 or visit http://apps.environment-agency.gov.uk/flood/31618.aspx
Flood Warnings have been issued for the River Ouse at York for Skeldergate and Peckitt Street, St Georges Field, and Riverside Properties.
The current river level at the York Viking Recorder is 4.26m or 13 feet 12 inches and slowly rising. Levels are expected to peak between 4.3m or 14 feet and 1 inch, and 4.4m or 14 feet 5 inches during Monday.
We will see showery rain on Monday and we are expecting further rain overnight into Tuesday.
Our Incident Response teams are on 24 hour duty.
We will continue to monitor the situation and update this forecast as new information becomes available.
Situation last changed 7:45am Monday 07 December 2015
| Location: | Skeldergate/Clifford Street and Nether Poppleton |
|---|---|
| Cause: | Flooding |
| Responsibility: | – |
| Dates: | 7 Dec 2015 |
From Blossom Street buses will divert via Nunnery Lane, Prices Lane, Bishopgate Street, Tower Street then as normal route.
Buses will follow normal route to Railway Station, where they will terminate, returning by turning at Station Road.
Buses will divert in Poppleton as follows;
From Millfield Lane left on to Ebor Way, right onto Alllerton Drive, Riversvale Drive, left on to Main Street, then as normal route. Wait time at Upper Poppleton Green.
From Poppleton, buses will divert from Boroughbridge Road via Poppleton Road, Holgate Road, Blossom Street, Queen Street, Station Road, then as normal route.
To Poppleton, buses will divert from Rougier Street via Station Road, Railway Station, Queen Street, Blossom Street, Holgate Road, Poppleton Road, then as normal route.
Buses will divert from Dunnington as follows; From Greyhound crossroads, left on to Common Road, left on to A1079, leftonto Long Lane, bear right Lofthouse Lane, follow road round, High Catton Road, to Stamford Bridge Terminus.
Returning; via Roman Avenue loop, left High Catton Road, Lofthouse Lane, Long Lane, right on to A1079, right on to Common Road, left at Greyhound crossroads, then as normal route.
More at http://manage.firstgroup.com/york/news-and-service-updates/current-issues/buses-3-4-and-59
They are not expected to reach 2012 levels.
The flood warnings for the River Ouse at York riverside properties and St George’s Field remain in force due to rising levels on the Ouse in response to rain in the upper catchments. The current river level at the York Viking Recorder is 3.62m or 11 feet 11 inches. We are expecting the River Ouse to rise during Sunday. Currently we expect the peak to be during Monday afternoon and evening at around 4.2m to 4.5m or 13 feet 9 inches to 14 feet 9 inches. Our Incident Response teams are on 24 hour duty. We will continue to monitor the situation and update this forecast as new information becomes available.
Situation last changed 10:03am Sunday 06 December 2015
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