Overview
- The Environment Agency keeps numerous flood warnings and alerts active across England, with particular focus on the Lake District, Dorset and parts of Surrey after renewed rainfall on already wet catchments.
- Dorset reports eight flood warnings with sections of the River Frome having burst their banks and groundwater flooding anticipated in Cerne Valley, Sydling and Hooke, while deep water has disrupted travel on the Jurassic Coast road between Bridport and Weymouth.
- Worcestershire faces red and amber warnings on the Avon and Severn, with the Severn forecast to peak at Bewdley on December 20 and around Worcester, Diglis and Kempsey on December 21, prompting guidance to avoid floodwater and prepare protections.
- Local impacts continue with traffic disruption reported in Swindon following a day of heavy rain, while Oxfordshire counts 15 flood alerts and Cambridgeshire, Salisbury and parts of Hampshire monitor rising rivers and issue safety advice.
- In the U.S., the National Weather Service posts a coastal flood warning for Southwest Suffolk for Friday morning, issues flood warnings in Linn and Deschutes counties in Oregon, and places Yosemite under a flood watch from Saturday through Monday.