Environment Agency121WAT916North East

Wear estuary: flood history since 2011

The Environment Agency has issued 63 flood alerts for Wear estuary since 4 Feb 2011, most often in February; the busiest year was 2018 (7).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Wear estuary
Code: 121WAT916
Environment Agency area: North East
County: County Durham, Sunderland
River or sea: River Wear
First in the history: 4 Feb 2011
Latest in the history file: 4 Feb 2026
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.

2018 was the busiest year for Wear estuary

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	5	0	0
2024	6	0	0
2023	6	0	0
2022	3	0	0
2021	1	0	0
2020	3	0	0
2019	5	0	0
2018	7	0	0
2017	5	0	0
2016	3	0	0
2015	1	0	0
2014	3	0	0
2013	5	0	0
2012	6	0	0
2011	2	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 February

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.