Environment Agency113FWF2D0CDevon and Cornwall
River Torridge (Lower) from Dolton to Bideford, including Taddiport and Weare Giffard: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 69 flood warnings for River Torridge (Lower) from Dolton to Bideford, including Taddiport and Weare Giffard since 24 Nov 2006, most often in December; the busiest year was 2012 (12).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Torridge (Lower) from Dolton to Bideford, including Taddiport and Weare Giffard
- Code
- 113FWF2D0C
- Environment Agency area
- Devon and Cornwall
- County
- Devon
- River or sea
- River Torridge
- First in the history
- 24 Nov 2006
- Latest in the history file
- 27 Jan 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 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 2006 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 |
|---|---|
| 27 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 24 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 9 Dec 2025 | Flood warning |
| 16 Apr 2025 | Flood warning |
| 23 Feb 2025 | Flood warning |
| 26 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 5 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 23 Nov 2024 | Flood warning |
| 18 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 7 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 1 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 27 Dec 2023 | Flood warning |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.