Environment Agency012WACTL05Former flood area
Low lying coastline at Sunderland: flood history since 2010
The Environment Agency has issued 27 flood alerts for Low lying coastline at Sunderland since 1 Feb 2010, most often in August; the busiest year was 2014 (8).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Low lying coastline at Sunderland
- Code
- 012WACTL05
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under NW - Central)
- First in the history
- 1 Feb 2010
- Latest in the history file
- 18 Sep 2016
- Current status
- no longer an Environment Agency flood area (not in its register of 1 Oct 2026)
Flood alert, flood warning, severe flood warning: what each means
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How many alerts and warnings a year?
Flood alerts, flood warnings and severe flood warnings (updates not counted), by year. 2026 runs to the end of June.
The numbers
| Year | Alerts | Warnings | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
When in the year?
All alerts and warnings since 2010 by month.
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 18 Sep 2016 | Flood alert |
| 20 Aug 2016 | Flood alert |
| 20 Aug 2016 | Flood alert |
| 19 Aug 2016 | Flood alert |
| 10 Apr 2016 | Flood alert |
| 8 Apr 2016 | Flood alert |
| 26 Jan 2016 | Flood alert |
| 28 Sep 2015 | Flood alert |
| 1 Sep 2015 | Flood alert |
| 31 Aug 2015 | Flood alert |
| 30 Aug 2015 | Flood alert |
| 3 Aug 2015 | Flood alert |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.