Environment Agency113WACT1ADevon and Cornwall
South Devon coast from Plymouth to Start Point: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 36 flood alerts for South Devon coast from Plymouth to Start Point since 29 Mar 2006, most often in February; the busiest year was 2014 (19).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- South Devon coast from Plymouth to Start Point
- Code
- 113WACT1A
- Environment Agency area
- Devon and Cornwall
- County
- Devon
- River or sea
- English Channel
- First in the history
- 29 Mar 2006
- Latest in the history file
- 3 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 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 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 |
|---|---|
| 3 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 8 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 5 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 28 Oct 2023 | Flood alert |
| 22 Mar 2023 | Flood alert |
| 17 Feb 2022 | Flood alert |
| 15 Dec 2020 | Flood alert |
| 15 Nov 2020 | Flood alert |
| 20 Aug 2020 | Flood alert |
| 8 Feb 2020 | Flood alert |
| 26 Nov 2019 | 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.