Environment Agency065WAF411Solent and South Downs

Lower River Ems: flood history since 2012

The Environment Agency has issued 28 flood alerts for Lower River Ems since 11 Jun 2012, most often in January; the busiest year was 2014 (6).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Lower River Ems
Code: 065WAF411
Environment Agency area: Solent and South Downs
County: Hampshire, West Sussex
River or sea: River Ems
First in the history: 11 Jun 2012
Latest in the history file: 1 Feb 2026
Current status: check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

2014 was the busiest year for Lower River Ems

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
2024	3	0	0
2023	1	0	0
2022	1	0	0
2020	3	0	0
2016	2	0	0
2015	2	0	0
2014	6	0	0
2013	3	0	0
2012	5	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.

Most often in January

All alerts and warnings since 2012 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.

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.