Environment Agency122WAC953Yorkshire
North Sea coast from Whitby to Filey: flood history since 2010
The Environment Agency has issued 210 flood alerts for North Sea coast from Whitby to Filey since 1 Dec 2010, most often in February; the busiest year was 2012 (23).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- North Sea coast from Whitby to Filey
- Code
- 122WAC953
- Environment Agency area
- Yorkshire
- County
- East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- River or sea
- North Sea
- First in the history
- 1 Dec 2010
- Latest in the history file
- 18 Feb 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.
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 8 | 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 2010 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 |
|---|---|
| 18 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 2 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 24 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
| 30 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 21 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 7 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 30 Sep 2024 | Flood alert |
| 26 Sep 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.