Flooding late June 2012
Carol Holt Senior Flood & Coastal Risk Management Team Leader Topics
Warning & Informing Impacts Detail of affected communities Next steps Quick wins Thinking Big; Acting Early
Worked hard to raise awareness with briefings Twitter and social media Teams ensuring assets free of obstructions Re-visited priority sites Deployed staff to our basins We opened our incident rooms Warning & Informing
83mm fell in 24 hours Mobilised teams to operate defences and clear blockages 3000 homes and businesses protected Flood basins operated Garstang & Catterall Preston th Wednesday 20 June Thursday 21 st June 09:00 Friday 22 nd June
01:00 01:00 Notification of Flood Advisory Teleconference at 1pm 10:00 02:00 02:00 Amber F.G.S. for River & Surface on Fri & Sat 10:30 03:00 03:00 11:00 Amber Alert for Rain on Friday PM Flood Alert – Lower Ribble & Darwen 04:00 04:00 Flood12:15 Alert – Lostock & Yarrow 12:00 Flood12:25 Alert – Lower River Wyre 05:00 05:00 Flood12:35 Alert – Upper Wyre & Brock Flood12:35 Alert – Upper River Douglas 06:00 06:00 12:40 13:00 Flood Alert – Crossens 12:46Flood Alert – Calder 07:00 07:00 12:50 Flood Advisory Partner Teleconference @ 13:00 Flood Alert – Upper River Irwell 08:00 08:00 14:00 13:50 Amber F.G.S. for River & Surface on Fri & Sat 14:00 09:00 09:00 Flood Alert – Upper River Ribble 15:00 Flood14:00 Alert – Lower River Lune & Conder 10:00 10:00 Flood14:56 Warning – Burrow Beck ‘A Flood15:12 Warning – Burrow Beck ‘B’ 11:00 11:00 15:35 Flood Guidance Statement - 16:00 Flood Warning – Colne Water @ Lenches ‘A’ Yellow 16:46 Flood Warning – Yarrow @ Croston ‘A 12:00 12:00 River & Surface for Friday 21 st Flood17:15 Warning – Conder @ Galgate ‘A’ Notification of Flood Advisory 17:00 13:00 13:00 Flood17:38 Alert – Upper River Lune Teleconference at 3pm Flood17:44 Alert – Lower River Douglas 14:00 14:00 Amber Alert for Rain on Friday Flood18:03 Warning – Ribble @ Ribchester‘A’ 18:00 Amber F.G.S for River & Surface Flood18:36 Warning – Yarrow @ Croston ‘B’ 15:00 15:00 Water on Fri & Sat Flood19:00 Warning – Irwell @ Strongstry/Chatterton 14:30 Flood19:07 Warning – Irwell Vale 16:00 16:00 19:00 19:08 Flood Advisory Partner Flood Warning – Darwen @ Waterfall “A” Flood Guidance Statement - 19:18Flood Warning – Calder @ Whalley ‘A’ Teleconference 17:00 Yellow 17:00 Flood19:19 Warning – Irwell @ Waterfoot ‘A’ st River & Surface for Friday 21 20:00 Flood19:22 Warning – Irwell @ Rawtenstall 18:00 18:00 19:25Flood Warning – Irwell @ Stubbylee ‘1’ Flood19:25 Warning – Irwell @ Bacup 19:00 19:00 19:27Flood Warning – Irwell @ Stubbylee ‘2’ 21:00 19:27 Flood Warning – Ribble @ Samlesbury ‘A’ 20:00 20:00 Flood19:40 Warning – Ribble @ Walton-le-Dale ‘A’ 20:05Flood Warning – Ribble @ Walton-le-Dale ‘B’ 22:00 21:00 21:00 20:15Flood Warning – Calder @ Burnley Town Centre ‘A’ Flood20:17 Warning – Calder @ Fulledge ‘A’ 20:26Flood Warning – Calder @ Whalley ‘B’ 22:00 22:00 23:00 20:32Flood Warning – Greenbrook & Sweetclough ‘A’ Flood20:49 Warning – Calder @ Whalley ‘C’ 23:00 23:00 21:04 Flood Warning – Darwen @ Higher Walton ‘A’ Flood21:39 Warning – Trawden Brook @ Trawden ‘A’ 21:46 Flood Warning – Darwen @ Higher Walton ‘B’ 22:53 Impact
Number of properties flooded
Date Properties Properties Properties flooded Blackburn warned protected with Darwen 22 – 24 June 4,783 8,900 96 2012
28 – 29 June 0 5,836 18 2012
5 –6 July 2012 836 7,519 4
Totals over 3 5,619 22,255 116 weeks
UNCLASSIFIED
Recovery
Assets Data & Evidence Communities Media Hot Issues Quick wins
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