Environment Agency issues flood warning for Beesands, Torcross and Slapton

The Environment Agency has issued a flood warning for Beesands, Torcross and Slapton for tomorrow morning during the high tide period.

𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤.

The Environment Agency has enhanced its flood warning service for Torcross and Beesands.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐯𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞.

• You can sign up for the EA’s free flood warning service here: https://get-flood-warnings.service.gov.uk/.../service...

• And you can keep up to date with the current flood warning situation here: https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/alerts-and...

I have also been advised that South Hams District Council are monitoring the forecast for Wednesday and Thursday closely, with a clean-up team on standby should the worst happen.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐒𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦!