Environment Agency113WACT1HFormer flood area
South Devon Coast at Beesands, Torcross, Slapton, Torbay and Dawlish: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 50 flood alerts for South Devon Coast at Beesands, Torcross, Slapton, Torbay and Dawlish since 12 Mar 2006, most often in November; the busiest year was 2014 (14).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- South Devon Coast at Beesands, Torcross, Slapton, Torbay and Dawlish
- Code
- 113WACT1H
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under SW - Devon)
- First in the history
- 12 Mar 2006
- Latest in the history file
- 4 Oct 2015
- Current status
- no longer an Environment Agency flood area (not in its register of 1 Oct 2026)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2015 | Flood alert |
| 30 Sep 2015 | Flood alert |
| 29 Sep 2015 | Flood alert |
| 28 Sep 2015 | Flood alert |
| 2 Aug 2015 | Flood alert |
| 1 May 2015 | Flood alert |
| 17 Apr 2015 | Flood alert |
| 12 Feb 2015 | Flood alert |
| 27 Nov 2014 | Flood alert |
| 13 Nov 2014 | Flood alert |
| 12 Nov 2014 | Flood alert |
| 11 Nov 2014 | 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.