Environment Agency054WAFSF1East Anglia
The River Waveney from Diss and the River Dove to Ellingham, including Bungay: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 49 flood alerts for The River Waveney from Diss and the River Dove to Ellingham, including Bungay since 11 Jan 2007, most often in January; the busiest year was 2016 (6).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- The River Waveney from Diss and the River Dove to Ellingham, including Bungay
- Code
- 054WAFSF1
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Norfolk, Suffolk
- River or sea
- Waveney
- First in the history
- 11 Jan 2007
- Latest in the history file
- 16 Feb 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.
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 4 | 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 2007 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 |
|---|---|
| 16 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 10 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 6 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 8 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 22 May 2024 | Flood alert |
| 1 Mar 2024 | Flood alert |
| 9 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 2 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 19 Dec 2023 | Flood alert |
| 9 Dec 2023 | Flood alert |
| 19 Nov 2023 | Flood alert |
| 20 Oct 2023 | 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.