Residents across Oxfordshire warned to expect flooding (From Witney Gazette)

Residents across Oxfordshire warned to expect flooding

8:07am Thursday 31st December 2009

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RESIDENTS across Oxfordshire have been warned to expect flooding after the Environment Agency issued alerts for six rivers and two brooks in the county.

Yesterday, the agency put the rivers Ray, Evenlode, Glyme, Thames and Ock, and the Letcombe Brook on flood watch, the lowest level of alert.

The River Thame and the Chalgrove Brook have been on flood watch since Christmas Eve.

A flood watch means flooding of low lying land and roads is expected and people are advised to be aware and prepared, but do not need to take immediate action.

The flood watches in place in the county include the River Ray from Shipton Lee to Islip and its tributaries, the River Evenlode from Moreton in Marsh to Cassington, the River Glyme at Wootton and Woodstock, the River Thames and its tributaries in the Oxford area, the River Thame from Marsworth to Shillingford, the Chalgrove Brook at Chalgrove and Stadhampton, the River Ock from Watchfield to Abingdon, and the Letcombe Brook at Wantage, Grove and East Hanney.

More rain is expected today.

Bob Syvret, a national forecaster for the Met Office, said: “There will be more of the same although the rain won’t be as heavy as it was today, but it will still be cloudy with outbreaks of rain.

“It may turn a bit sleety as it turns colder later on and will generally be not very pleasant.”

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