Written question WQ87361
- Asked by
- Andrew RT DaviesConservative
- To be answered by
- Minister for Climate Change
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 10 days
Question
Further to WQ87253, will the Minister provide an annual breakdown of the number of flood warnings that have been issued over the last 10 years?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Climate Change
Welsh Government provides funding to Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to provide a Flood Warning Service. The NRW Flood Warning Service covers flooding from main rivers and the sea only. Over the last 10 years (Since 1 January 2013), NRW have issued the following Flood Alerts, Flood Warnings and Severe Flood Warnings per year:
Flood Alerts
Flood Warnings
Severe Flood Warnings
Total by Year
2013
391
104
2
497
2014
339
274
6
619
2015
449
121
0
570
2016
342
102
0
444
2017
276
23
0
299
2018
386
137
0
523
2019
434
105
0
539
2020
711
334
6
1051
2021
467
145
2
614
2022
325
172
1
498
2023 YTD
159
65
0
224
Total by message type
4279
1582
17
5878