Environment Agency122WAC952Yorkshire
North Sea coast from Staithes to Whitby including tidal River Esk: flood history since 2011
The Environment Agency has issued 164 flood alerts for North Sea coast from Staithes to Whitby including tidal River Esk since 20 Feb 2011, most often in November; the busiest year was 2024 (18). The history file ends in June 2026; AreaZine's record of the live feed adds 3 since 1 July 2026.
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- North Sea coast from Staithes to Whitby including tidal River Esk
- Code
- 122WAC952
- Environment Agency area
- Yorkshire
- County
- North Yorkshire, Redcar and Cleveland
- River or sea
- North Sea
- First in the history
- 20 Feb 2011
- Latest in the history file
- 6 Feb 2026
- Latest in AreaZine's record
- Flood alert, 28 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 |
|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2026 | Flood alert |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Flood alert |
| 12 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 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 7 | 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 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.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 6 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 9 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 2 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 1 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 29 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 24 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 16 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 6 Nov 2025 | 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.