Flood Warning Info - Poaka Beck, The Yarl, Hagg Gill and Butts Beck at Dalton in Furness, Other areas at risk

River levels are rising at the Bow Bridge river gauge as a result of persistent heavy rainfall. Butts Beck, Fire Station, King Street, Prince Street, Dale Terrace, Nursery Gardens, Meadow Grove, Beckside Road, Chapel Street, Rawlinson Street, Underwood Terrace at Goose Green areas are likely to be affected. Further rainfall is forecast over the next 2-3 hours. We expect river levels to remain high for this period. We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are checking defences. This message will be updated in 8 hours, or as the situation changes.

Heavy rainfall overnight and this morning is forecast to continue through today and into the evening. River levels are rising and have gone through the flood warning threshold at Bow Bridge, river levels will continue to rise during the course of the day but we expect rainfall to ease into the evening. We have contractors and Environment Agency staff on the ground to help manage the situation.