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Orange Flooding Warning issued for United Kingdom - North Bank of the Humber estuary from Kilnsea to Skeffling and Weeton

Reported by Meteoalarm UK

An official Meteoalarm update reports a severe flood warning with immediate urgency for the North Bank of the Humber estuary from Kilnsea to Skeffling and Weeton. The warning is listed as actual and likely.

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  • Affected location: North Bank of the Humber estuary from Kilnsea to Skeffling and Weeton
Weeton Bank on the River Humber , East Riding of Yorkshire , England. Looking west-northwest along Weeton Bank on the River Humber south of Welwick. On the right and curving off into the distance is the earth bank of the flood defences, and to the left is an area of marshland stretching across to Winestead Drain and the Patrington Channel.
Illustrative image: Weeton Bank on the River Humber , East Riding of Yorkshire , England. Looking west-northwest along Weeton Bank on the River Humber south of Welwick. On the right and curving off into the distance is the earth bank of the flood defences, and to the left is an area of marshland stretching across to Winestead Drain and the Patrington Channel. — Paul Glazzard/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Confidence
7/10
Geographic reach
2/10
Global importance
2/10
Impact magnitude
3/10
Urgency
9/10

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