Environment Agency121WAF910North East

River Tyne: flood history since 2011

The Environment Agency has issued 39 flood alerts for River Tyne since 15 Jan 2011, most often in December; the busiest year was 2015 (7).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: River Tyne
Code: 121WAF910
Environment Agency area: North East
County: Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland
River or sea: River Tyne, Cockshaw Burn
First in the history: 15 Jan 2011
Latest in the history file: 13 Nov 2025
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.

2015 was the busiest year for River Tyne

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
2025	1	0	0
2024	3	0	0
2023	5	0	0
2022	1	0	0
2021	1	0	0
2020	2	0	0
2019	3	0	0
2017	4	0	0
2016	2	0	0
2015	7	0	0
2013	5	0	0
2012	2	0	0
2011	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.

Most often in December

All alerts and warnings since 2011 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.