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From December 2013 onwards the Somerset Levels suffered severe flooding as part of the wider 2013–2014 Atlantic winter storms in Europe and subsequent 2013–2014 United Kingdom winter floods. The Somerset Levels, or the Somerset Levels and Moors as they are less commonly but more correctly known, is a coastal plain and wetland area of ...
The 2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods had brought severe flooding to the Somerset Levels. During December 2013 and January 2014 heavy rainfall led to extensive flooding on the Somerset Levels with over 600 houses and 17,000 acres (6,900 ha) of agricultural land, including North Moor, Curry and Hay Moors and Greylake, affected.
The season saw persistent flooding on the Somerset Levels with recurrent fluvial flooding in Southern England of the non-tidal Thames, Severn and in Kent, Sussex and Hampshire and the Stour in Dorset. Briefer coastal flooding and wave battering damage took place in exposed parts of Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. 2015–16: GB and Ireland floods
Heavy overnight rainfall has led to the A358 being flooded between Ilminster and Chard.
Elsewhere the Environment Agency has issued 14 flood warnings for parts of Somerset, four for Wiltshire and 11 for Gloucestershire. National Highways said flooding meant the northbound M32 in ...
From December 2013 onwards the Somerset Levels suffered severe flooding as part of the wider winter storms of 2013–14 in the United Kingdom. The Levels are a low-lying area around 10 to 12 feet (3 to 4 m) above mean sea level which have been prone to flooding from fresh water and occasional salt water inundations. [6]
Flooding, school closures and power cuts are seen across Somerset and Wiltshire as Storm Ciarán hit.
Winter flooding of 2013–14 on the Somerset Levels; Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom; Winter of 1962–1963 in the United Kingdom; Winter of 1985–86 in Great Britain and Ireland; Winter of 2009–10 in Great Britain and Ireland; Winter of 2010–11 in the British Isles