Environment Agency113WACT1DDevon and Cornwall
South Devon Estuaries: flood history since 2015
The Environment Agency has issued 49 flood alerts for South Devon Estuaries since 26 Oct 2015, most often in October; the busiest year was 2020 (10). The history file ends in June 2026; AreaZine's record of the live feed adds 1 since 1 July 2026.
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- South Devon Estuaries
- Code
- 113WACT1D
- Environment Agency area
- Devon and Cornwall
- County
- Devon
- River or sea
- South Devon Coast
- First in the history
- 26 Oct 2015
- Latest in the history file
- 2 Feb 2026
- Latest in AreaZine's record
- Flood alert, 29 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 |
|---|---|
| 29 Sep 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 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 2015 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 |
|---|---|
| 2 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 8 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 5 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 4 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 9 Sep 2025 | Flood alert |
| 16 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 19 Sep 2024 | Flood alert |
| 22 Aug 2024 | Flood alert |
| 7 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 9 Mar 2024 | Flood alert |
| 8 Feb 2024 | 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.