Flooding update – York open for “business as usual”

The Environment Agency expects river levels in York to peak this afternoon. They are likely to be the highest seen over the last 5 or so years but they are unlikely to reach an historic high for the Ouse.

Some riverside properties are subject to flood risk. http://tinyurl.com/Skelton-river-levels

The retail, tourism and business sectors of the City are still functioning with minimal disruption

The Foss is at record high levels with some localised flooding.

A list of local flood warnings can be found here http://tinyurl.com/York-flooding-26th-Sept-2012

Upstream, all tributaries are now showing declining river levels. http://tinyurl.com/Ouse-catchment

NB. The A1 southbound near Sedgefield remains closed but is expected to reopen at about 5:00pm.

Train services are still disrupted. Details can be found here: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/today.html#

Changes to First bus services (Poppleton, Skeldergate etc) can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/First-bus-service-updates

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