watch out for flooding - northern rivers

[matty40s]

The met office has now gone amber on its rainfall warnings for th north of England and central belt of Scotland for rainfall on to already saturated ground this weekend.

The Cumbria rivers are already full, the Lancaster and Yorkshire ones high, and this could affect as far South as the Trent.

 

Stay safe all.

[Pete & Helen]

Very High winds tonight as well across a lot of the country, so make sure those pins are in firm ground and nothing loose on top

[GoodGurl]

Trent at sawley only 2 steps showing but flood gates still open for now.

[Jim Riley]

Given the rain here at the top of the canal / hill, I'd expect the Calder and Hebble flood locks to be shut beyond Brighouse / Mirfield etc. Rochdale Canal Summit level is full to the brim, cascading over the lock gates at each end.

[Graham Davis]

From the amount it has rained up here in the last couple of days the Severn will be well up by mid week.

[Mac of Cygnet]

Given the rain here at the top of the canal / hill, I'd expect the Calder and Hebble flood locks to be shut beyond Brighouse / Mirfield etc. Rochdale Canal Summit level is full to the brim, cascading over the lock gates at each end.

AFAIK the C&H floodgates have been closed since last Monday, and not much chance of opening in the near future. There'll not be much movement on the C&H this winter anyway, with various overlapping stoppages in place.