Nottinghamshire and Nottingham Local Resilience Forum declare major incident over flooding after Storm Babet

A major incident has been declared across Nottinghamshire because of the ongoing flood issues.

Due to the anticipated widespread impact of the rising river levels along the River Trent and due to the flood alerts in place across the county, Nottinghamshire and Nottingham Local Resilience Forum have declared the major incident.

They say record river levels on the River Derwent are likely to lead to further peaks in water levels along the Trent Valley over the next 24 to 48 hours causing further risk of flooding in communities along the Trent Valley.

This is likely lead to risk of flooding to properties and roads.

A map of the flood areas can be accessed here

Nottinghamshire County Council is urging all those who live in the flood risk areas to take all precautions in case they need to evacuate their homes.

Councils, emergency services and the Environment Agency have been providing emergency support to communities impacted and will continue to provide support across the county.

People can help emergency services by following this advice:

• Only travel if necessary in the flood areas.
• Don’t ignore a flood warning or a road closure sign
• Do not to enter flood water in case of hidden hazards such as lifted manhole covers.

River flooding is very likely so stay away from swollen rivers.

People can check their flood risk, sign up for free flood warnings and keep up to date with the latest situation at https://www.gov.uk/check-if-youre-at-risk-of-flooding

The Environment Agency Flood line is 0345 988 1188 and the The Environment Agency Incident hotline is call 0800 80 70 60.