{"id":222097,"date":"2026-01-01T18:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T18:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/222097\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T18:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T18:31:07","slug":"flood-warning-for-hunstanton-as-people-urged-to-avoid-beach-and-promenade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/222097\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood warning for Hunstanton as people urged to avoid beach and promenade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Those thinking of taking a brisk coastal walk this afternoon may want to think again after the Environment Agency issued a flood alert for Hunstanton seafront.<\/p>\n<p>The Agency is warning that high tides, strong winds and large waves this afternoon may lead to flooding between 1.45pm and 5.45pm.<\/p>\n<p>Flood gates have been closed, and members of the public are being urged to avoid beaches and coastal promenades.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 5678 3807\" alt=\"Members of the public are being urged to avoid the beach and promenade in Hunstanton after a flood alert. Picture: Ian Burt\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"N4LSVEPT1L41DP6WVT60.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.49\"\/>Members of the public are being urged to avoid the beach and promenade in Hunstanton after a flood alert. Picture: Ian Burt     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Those thinking of taking a brisk coastal walk this afternoon may want to think again after the Environment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[246,710,1901,61,60,82],"class_list":["post-222097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-free","tag-human-interest","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}