Flood alert: The tidal River Yare from Thorpe St Andrew to Breydon Water

Source facts

Area

The tidal River Yare from Thorpe St Andrew to Breydon Water

County

Norfolk

River or sea

River Yare

Warning status

Flood alert

Warning raised

2026-11-12T08:33:57Z

Source update

2026-11-12T08:33:00Z

Approximate warning-area boundary size

91.838 km² — not flooded area

Area calculation

Spherical polygon-area approximation using a mean Earth radius of 6,371.0088 km.

Environment Agency message

High tides today may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible from 12 noon today, Thursday 12 November.
We expect to see high water levels in Brundall and Reedham riverside areas. Levels can take several hours to peak. River levels will remain high over the next couple of days.
We are closely monitoring the situation .
Take care and avoid walking, cycling or driving through flood water.
This message will be updated by 10:00AM on Friday 13 November or as the situation changes.

Newsroom files

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• Briefing Md
• Manifest Json

This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Data documentation · Open Government Licence v3.0

Coverage

This first monitoring area follows the Environment Agency feed in England. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are not covered by this feed.

Revision history

Revision 1 (2026-11-12T22:10:37Z) · Revision 3 (2026-11-13T12:15:51Z)