{"id":211949,"date":"2026-01-01T18:48:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T18:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/211949\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T18:48:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T18:48:06","slug":"flood-warning-for-hunstanton-as-people-urged-to-avoid-beach-and-promenade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/211949\/","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":211950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[273,4975,1260,111,139,69,147],"class_list":{"0":"post-211949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-free","10":"tag-human-interest","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}