Environment Agency052WAFLOTEast Anglia
Little Ouse River and River Thet in Suffolk and Norfolk: flood history since 2019
The Environment Agency has issued 19 flood alerts for Little Ouse River and River Thet in Suffolk and Norfolk since 28 Nov 2019, most often in December; the busiest year was 2020 (5).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Little Ouse River and River Thet in Suffolk and Norfolk
- Code
- 052WAFLOT
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Norfolk, Suffolk
- River or sea
- Little Ouse River, River Thet
- First in the history
- 28 Nov 2019
- Latest in the history file
- 8 Dec 2024
- Current status
- check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 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 2019 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 |
|---|---|
| 8 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 1 Mar 2024 | Flood alert |
| 11 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 3 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 2 Nov 2023 | Flood alert |
| 29 Oct 2023 | Flood alert |
| 20 Oct 2023 | Flood alert |
| 14 Oct 2023 | Flood alert |
| 21 Feb 2022 | Flood alert |
| 11 Dec 2021 | Flood alert |
| 28 Jan 2021 | Flood alert |
| 14 Jan 2021 | 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.