Flood alerts

Official flood warnings remained in place today (Wednesday, February 11) for areas around Bersted, Felpham and Shripney and Eastergate.
By The Newsroom
Published 11th Feb 2009, 16:05 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 19:10 BST

Hundreds of homes were in roads affected by the Environment Agency alerts.

They comprised a third of the entire number of warnings for its southern region.

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The warnings were issued yesterday (Tuesday) morning and because of the swollen state of many rifes in the Bognor Regis area.

Included in the warnings were:

Bersted '“ the Elbridge and Aldingbourne Rifes, including Riverside Caravan Centre, Durban Road industrial estate and Sunningdale Gardens;

Shripney Manor Ditch at Shripney, including Shripney Road, Shripney Lane and Lidsey Rife at Eastergate; and

Aldingbourne and Lidsey Rifes at Felpham, including the A259, Links Avenue and the Arun Leisure Centre recreation ground.

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But the Aldingbourne and Barnham rifes '“ covering Elbridge, Lidsey, Aldingbourne, Barnham, Yapton and Ryebank rifes, were downgraded today (Wednesday, February 11) from a flood warning to a flood watch as the level of water there began to recede.

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