{"id":434720,"date":"2026-02-19T19:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/434720\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T19:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:27:08","slug":"environment-agency-flood-warning-for-new-forest-after-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/434720\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment Agency flood warning for New Forest after rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Environment Agency said flooding is expected in Rushington and Eling, with impacts forecast for Ashurst Bridge, Rushington, Brokenford and Eling.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The warning comes after nearly 26mm of rain fell on Wednesday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Flooding is expected from 1.30am on February 19, with Ashurst Bridge and properties along Woodlands Road likely to be affected.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyecho.co.uk\/news\/25868054.hampshire-road-reopens-unexploded-bombs-found\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hampshire road cordoned off as bomb squad and police called<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  However, impacts are not currently expected in the lower Bartley Water at Eling, Totton and Rumbridge.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Further showers are possible overnight, and river levels and flood risk are expected to remain high through Thursday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Environment Agency said it is continuing to monitor rainfall and river levels closely and urged residents to activate any flood protection products they may have in place.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The agency has said the warning will be updated by 6pm today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Environment Agency said flooding is expected in Rushington and Eling, with impacts forecast for Ashurst Bridge, Rushington,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-434720","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\/434720","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=434720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}