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South West - flood action

There are just over half a million people in the South West who live and work in properties that are at risk of flooding. Are you one of them?

 

Are you prepared for flooding?

Find out if you are at risk of flooding by putting your postcode into the search box on the right of this page.

How to be prepared

If you are at risk, there are lots of things you can do to prepare before a flood happens.

These won't take long to do and will save time in a flood emergency.

What's going on in the South West?


Schemes  - we are working on flood defence schemes to reduce the risk of flooding.

Strategies  - we are developing strategies in your area.

Have a look at the local catchment flood management plans. They give an overview of flood risk across each river catchment and estuary. They recommend ways of managing those risks now and over the next 50 - 100 years.

Flood map

Are you at risk of flooding? Enter your postcode or placename to find out now...