Warnings issued on Tuesday for snow and ice in the Midlands, north Wales, north-west of England, north and west of Scotland and Northern Ireland remain in place
Here’s how you can check for flooding in your local area:
England: Gov.uk have a service where you can search by town, city or postcode for current flood warnings or alerts, river, sea, groundwater and rainfall levels and flood risk in the next five days. The website advises contacting your local council though if you want to know if there’s surface water flooding (also known as ‘flash flooding’) in your area.
Wales: Natural Resources Wales lets you to search for flood warning and alerts by postcode, location or place, as well as river levels, rainfall and sea levels (by river, location or station). It also offers a five day flood risk outlook. Users can also sign up to flood alerts and call a 24-hour Floodline service for updates.
Scotland: The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) publish a flood forecast for the next three days, plus live flood updates. Again, you can sign up to flood alerts. You can also report flooding too.
Northern Ireland: Flood Maps NI is an interactive map that lets users access the latest flood hazard information available from the Northern Irish government. You can look up an area by putting in an address into the box.
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