The Met Office have issued severe weather alerts for the South West of England on Friday 24th January. There is an Amber weather alert of rain for Somerset, in force until 23:45 on the 24th. Although bands of rain have temporarily eased, further rain later on Friday is likely to bring totals to betw...

After a night of heavy rain, water levels on the river Mole, Gatwick stream and Burstow stream have once again risen to dangerous levels, bursting their banks in the Gatwick and Horley area causing surface flooding and potential danger to property as river levels continue to rise. Latest: Our own ca...

Parts of Crawley, Maidenbower and Three Bridges have flooded today as the river Mole once again bursts it's banks. Other local areas such as Rusper, Charlwood, Gatwick and Horley have also been affected. Heavy rain last night and frequent heavy showers during the day have caused river levels on the ...

The river Thames has burst it's banks at West Oxford putting many homes and businesses in danger of flooding. Flooding started on the 7th of January and today it is reported that water levels are expected to rise further. Today it has been reported that a cyclist has died attempting to ride through ...

One of our Facebook page followers asked today if we knew whether Christmas 2013  had been a White Christmas anywhere in the UK. Having been so pre-occupied writing about storms, floods and general weather forecasts over the last couple of weeks, we were unsure. To officially be a White Christmas, ...

The Met office have issued a yellow severe weather warning or rain for Sunday 5th January. Another period of persistent rain and strong winds will move east across the country from early Sunday morning bringing further risk of surface and river flooding. The yellow weather warning is in force for th...

On Friday the 3rd of January, a combination of a low pressure weather system, high spring tide and gale force winds, is likely to cause a tidal surge that will increase the usual spring tide level of 5.16m, by another 0.8m, causing overtopping of coastal defences at Wadebridge on the tidal stretch o...

On Friday the 3rd of January, a combination of a low pressure weather system, high spring tide and gale force winds, is likely to cause a tidal surge that will increase the usual spring tide level of 2.73m, by another 0.4m, causing overtopping of coastal defences at Exmouth. From early on Friday mor...

On Friday the 3rd of January, a combination of a low pressure weather system, high spring tide and gale force winds, is likely to cause a tidal surge that will increase the usual spring tide level of 2.73m, by another 0.4m, causing overtopping of coastal defences at Lyme Regis. From early on Friday ...

On Friday the 3rd of January, a combination of a low pressure weather system, high spring tide and gale force winds, is likely to cause a tidal surge that will increase the usual spring tide level of 2.73m, by another 0.4m, causing overtopping of coastal defences at Budleigh Salterton. From early on...