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Flood awareness - advice for flooding

It is important to be prepared for a flood. There are lots of steps you can take to minimise the effects of flooding around your property:

Preparation
	Keep a list of useful telephone numbers to hand
	Have some sandbags or flood boards prepared
	Make up a flood kit
	Talk about flooding with your family
	Write a flood plan - remember your pets and your medications
	Store valuables/sentimental belongings upstairs
	details from the Environment Agency and BBC Weather

Listen to BBC Radio Lincolnshire for the latest weather

Flood warnings
	Flood Watch - Watch water levels, check the weather, ring the floodline on 0845 988 1188, alert your neighbours, get your flood action plan going, check pets, do as much as you can in the daylight - BE AWARE
	Flood Warning - Move pets, vehicles, valuables to safety. Put sandbags or flood boards in place. Prepare to turn off gas and electricity, Be prepared to evacuate your home or business. Protect yourself, your family and others that need your help, Take action based on Family Flood Plan, Have warm clothing and wellingtons ready. Have medication to hand (if needed). Check water/food stocks. Don’t drive through floodwater. - BE READY
	Flood Severe - Be prepared to lose power supplies – gas, electricity, water, telephone. Try to keep calm and reassure others – especially children. Co-operate with emergency services and local authorities – you may be evacuated to emergency centres. Protect family, pets and irreplaceable items. - STAY CALM
	All Clear - This is issued when the flood water levels are going down and no flood watches or warnings are in force any longer. At this stage you can check it is safe to return home.
	more from the Environment Agency and BBC weather

Do's and Dont's
	Do take care when walking through shallow water - manhole covers may have come off and there may be other underwater hazards
	Do avoid contact with floodwater - it may be contaminated with sewage
	Do beware of flooding at dips in the roads, bridges and low spots - turn back if the road is flooded
	Do beware of pebbles and stones being thrown up by waves - they may hit you, your car or your home.
	Don't try to walk or drive through floodwater - six inches of fast flowing water can knock you over and two feet of water will float your car - flooding can kill
	Don't walk on sea defences, riverbanks or cross river bridges - they may collapse in extreme situations or you may be swept off by large waves
	Don't try to swim through fast flowing water - you may get swept away or struck by an object in the water
	more details from the Environment Agency/BBC Weather

Find out more about what to do after a flood >>

See also: Eyewitness accounts of the 1953 floods | Flood facts | Flooding then and now | Useful links | Pictures of the flooding

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