Flooding latest – appeal for towels, coats, clean bedding materials

The Foxwood Community Centre on Bellhouse Way (Cranfield Place junction) is opening between 12:00 noon and 2:00pm today (Sunday) to receive gifts of:

  • Clean bedding

    Foxwood Community Centre

    Foxwood Community Centre

  • Warm clothing particularly coats
  • Cleaning materials
  • Clean towels

which will be offered to the victims of flooding here in York.

https://www.facebook.com/FoxwoodResidentsAssociation/

http://foxwoodcommunitycentre.org.uk/

Generally the floods have had less impact on west York than on roads nearer the Foss and the Ouse.

Windsor House older peoples home suffered basement flooding yesterday and the was a re-occurrence of “backing up” problems in the  sewers in Foxwood Lane south.

In the Woodthorpe area sandbags had to be deployed in the Coeside/Nevis way area.

The Community is therefore being asked to help wherever possible those who have been evacuated from their homes in central and east York

Flooding latest – 13 flood alerts in place in York

Ouse expected to continue rising until Monday
Click to go to individual flood alerts

Click to go to individual flood alerts

Several flood gauges have recorded their highest ever levels.One or two now seem to have been overwhelmed by the deluge but the following links still work

Ouse water level camera
    The camera below is situated at the Lowther pub near Ouse bridge
    Generally speaking,  if the top of the “no entry” sign (below) disappears under water, then there are major problems (getting close at 0955 hours on 27th Dec 2015
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Flooding possible in Clifton Green area

A flood warning has been issued for the Clifton part of York.

Flood alert Clifton 0900 26th Dec 2015

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.

See also

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/

 

Flooding in York – update

Provisions in place to protect the city from flooding

Pumping 7th Dec 2015Provisions 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).

River levels are currently at 4.25 meters asl and are expected to peak at 4.3m asl today and will remain at these high levels throughout the week.

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

Flooding in York – latest from the Environment Agency

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

Ouse 0932 7th Dec 2015

Skeldergate, Poppleton,. Clifton Green, Leeman Road flooding. Bus diversions affecting 3, 4 and 59

Location: Skeldergate/Clifford Street and Nether Poppleton
Cause: Flooding
Responsibility: –
Dates: 7 Dec 2015
Skeldergate Flooding

From Blossom Street buses will divert via Nunnery Lane, Prices Lane, Bishopgate Street, Tower Street then as normal route.

Skeldergate and Clifford Street Flooding

Buses will follow normal route to Railway Station, where they will terminate, returning by turning at Station Road.

Nether Poppleton Flooding

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.

Clifton Green/Leeman Road Flooding

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.

Stamford Bridge Flooding

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

Latest York Flood alert from the Environment Agency

The Environment Agency has issued an update saying that flood levels could reach 4.5 metres by Monday afternoon.

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

Follow the environment Agency on Twitter https://twitter.com/EnvAgencyYNE

Live York river level gauge here https://twitter.com/riverlevel_1900

click to access live cam

click to access live cam

Serious flooding can be expected if the top of the no entry sign disappears underwater.