Flood Alerts Issued for Cumbria and Lancashire After Heavy Rain

Overview

• The Environment Agency posted alerts in Lancashire for the Upper and Lower River Wyre after heavy overnight rain raised river levels and made flooding possible.
• Areas covered on the Upper Wyre include the Rivers Wyre, Calder and Brock with places such as Abbeystead, Catterall, Scorton, Garstang, Bilsborrow, Ainspool and Churchtown listed.
• A separate alert on the Lower Wyre covers the River Cocker and Pilling Water with at‑risk locations named as Catterall, Fleetwood, St Michaels, Great Eccleston and Preesall.
• In Cumbria, earlier alerts remain in force across multiple catchments including the Lower Lune and Conder, the Brathay, Rothay and Winster, the Duddon, Crake and Mill Beck, the Lowther and Eamont, the Wampool and Ellen, and the upper Derwent, Eden and Lune.
• Local reports note surface flooding on west Cumbria roads such as Lowca Lane in Seaton, Wedgewood Road in Flimby, the Flimby–Dearham route and the B5300 at Allonby, as the agency monitors conditions and plans further updates later today.