Overview
- The Environment Agency reports flooding is expected in 98 areas and possible in 170, with the greatest concentration across southern England and along the southern Welsh border.
- The Met Office kept yellow rain warnings in force on Monday and signalled further risk in eastern Scotland on Tuesday and Wednesday, with no prolonged dry spell expected for at least a week.
- Local alerts intensified: Salisbury now has 17 'Act Now' notices, Reading faces warnings on the River Kennet and the Thames at Shiplake, and Oxfordshire has warnings on the River Ray and for Shiplake and Wargrave.
- Confirmed impacts include a submerged recreation ground in Fordingbridge after the Avon burst its banks and multiple road closures across Dorset where routes remain impassable due to standing water.
- Officials estimate at least 300 properties have flooded as councils and the Environment Agency manage sluices, deploy pumps and advise residents to activate protection, move valuables to safety and avoid floodwater.