Environment Agency054WACDV4BEast Anglia
The Suffolk and Essex coast from Felixstowe to Clacton including Orwell and Stour estuaries: flood history since 2009
The Environment Agency has issued 185 flood alerts for The Suffolk and Essex coast from Felixstowe to Clacton including Orwell and Stour estuaries since 10 Feb 2009, most often in November; the busiest year was 2024 (23). The history file ends in June 2026; AreaZine's record of the live feed adds 4 since 1 July 2026.
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- The Suffolk and Essex coast from Felixstowe to Clacton including Orwell and Stour estuaries
- Code
- 054WACDV4B
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Essex, Suffolk
- River or sea
- North Sea, River Orwell, River Deben
- First in the history
- 10 Feb 2009
- Latest in the history file
- 18 Apr 2026
- Latest in AreaZine's record
- Flood alert, 28 Sep 2026
- 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.
The latest: since 1 July 2026, in AreaZine's record of the live feed
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2026 | Flood alert |
| 11 Sep 2026 | Flood alert |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Flood alert |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Flood alert |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 3 | 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 2009 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 Apr 2026 | Flood alert |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Flood alert |
| 17 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 4 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 1 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 7 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 16 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 8 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 7 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 6 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 6 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 25 Oct 2025 | 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.