{"id":309365,"date":"2025-12-10T18:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/309365\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T18:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:44:08","slug":"storm-bram-river-levels-in-york-rising-and-expected-all-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/309365\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm Bram: River levels in York rising and expected all day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Ouse is three times higher than the river\u2019s normal level &#8211; with the latest recording measuring at 3.53 metres on the Viking Recorder.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Property flooding is possible, the Environment Agency said, when the river exceeds 3.40 metres.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It comes as increased rainfall associated with Storm Bram in the Ouse\u2019s upper catchments has moved downstream.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Recommended reading:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A flood warning remains in place for riverside properties in York.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Areas most affected include King\u2019s Staith \u2013 the footpath of which remains completely blocked with floodwater \u2013 and riverside areas from Lendal Bridge to Millennium Bridge.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>King&#8217;s Staith was seen completely flooded, with barricades on the door of the Kings Arms (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The footpath in Tower Gardens, close to Clifford\u2019s Tower is also closed, along with SOPHiE\u2019s lower floor seating area beneath Skeldergate Bridge.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The City of York Council have closed St George\u2019s Field carpark, coach park, Rowntree Park, Rowntree carpark, Rowntree Park play area.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Meanwhile, the river Ouse at St George\u2019s Field and Queen\u2019s Staith, and Naburn Lock, are included in separate flooding warnings, still currently in place.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The riverside seating area of SOPHiE&#8217;s on Skeldergate Bridge (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Lock Cottages and Naburn Lock Buildings are the most vulnerable to flood water incursion after the Viking Recorder documented swells above the property flooding metre.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Rising river levels are also continuing to affect footpaths and low-lying land and properties at Kexby Bridge in Stamford Bridge, including the Weir Caravan Park.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson for the Environment Agency said: \u201cThe River Derwent level at Stamford Bridge was 9.24 metres. Property flooding is possible when it goes above 9.20 metres.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  An alert was in place for low-lying land and roads near rivers in the following locations: Stamford Bridge, Pocklington, Wressle, Wilberfoss, Elvington, the Lower River Nidd and its tributaries including Sand Beck, Sike Beck, Pool Beck and Great Gutter, along with the Upper Derwent and Scarborough areas.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Communities listed above will be updated by 8pm on Wednesday (December 10), or as the situation changes, while the Environment Agency continues to monitor the regions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The flood warning for River Ure at Boroughbridge Camping and Caravan Site was lifted at 10.31am, with further updates scheduled to be announced at 3pm today.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkpress.co.uk\/news\/25685930.storm-bram-6-flood-warnings-york-north-east-yorkshire\/?ref=ed_latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">As reported in The Press<\/a>, The Environment Agency is urging people in the areas at risk of flooding to \u201ctake care and consider activating your flood plan if you have one\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It has warned residents and visitors of each area to avoid using low lying footpaths and any bridges near local watercourses, taking care not to attempt to walk, drive or cycle through flood water.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The footpath in Tower Gardens, near Clifford&#8217;s Tower has been closed, due to the flooding (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson furthered: \u201cThe Foss Barrier is operating, and flood gates in York have been closed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWe are closely monitoring the situation.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Press will be keeping readers updated throughout the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ouse is three times higher than the river\u2019s normal level &#8211; with the latest recording measuring at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-309365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}