Environment Agency Briefing 27th February

Current situation

2 Flood Warnings remain in place at Currymoor and Haymoor; and Yeo and Parrett Moors, low lying properties around Muchelney. We have removed the A361 East Lyng to Burrowbridge Flood Warning today.

There are also 4 Flood Alerts in place across the Levels and Moors.

Cutts Road and New Road remain closed. Athelney spillway has stopped running and the A361 is open.

Drain levels in Currymoor, the Muchelney and Thorney moors upstream of Langport, and moors adjacent to the Parrett and Sowy (e.g. West Sedgemoor, Aller Moor) remain high but are reducing.

Friday will remain largely dry before a further spell of localised heavy rain moves into the southwest overnight. The longer-term forecast remains unsettled, and our flood warning duty officers continue to monitor the situation, closely linked in with the Flood Forecasting Centre at the Met Office.

Water levels across the Levels and Moors are falling. Station pumps continue to operate supported by temporary pump installations. Temporary pumps at Hook bridge are pumping directly from Haymoor into the River Tone to reduce levels in Haymoor and Currymoor. Oath lock sluice has been raised to allow free flow of the Parrett. Monksleaze Clyce remains open, diverting the River Parrett flow into the Parrett Flood Relief Channel (Sowy) before discharging through the King’s Sedgemoor Drain. Temporary pumps remain in place at Dunball to operate during high tide when water cannot gravitate into the River Parrett through Dunball Sluice. Pumping at all stations continues. Some temporary pumps have been switched off due to insufficient water to operate

We will begin demobilising temporary pumps from the Bridgwater Docks and at Fordgate over the next few days as the overall situation continues to improve.

Keeping you informed

To broaden our engagement, we have set up a webpage dedicated to the Somerset 2026 flooding. The latest situation updates will be posted here along with previous multi agency briefings, practical information and useful contacts. The page also provides links to more general information about flooding on the Levels and Moors, our response to Storm Chandra and details on investment since 2014.

We continue to provide updates via our local Facebook Page find us at 'Environment Agency - South and South West