The Environment Agency have issued a flood alert for the Isle of Wight coastline.
As reported by News OnTheWight on Wednesday, there is also a weather warning for strong winds, hail and thunderstorms today.
Issued on Wednesday evening, the flood alert reads:
Thursday afternoon’s tide at 12:30 on 28/03/2024 is higher than normal due to unsettled weather with strong Southerly Force 6 winds and large waves.
The weather increases tide table values by 0.91 m. The total forecast tide is 5.01 metres Chart Datum (2.42 mAOD) at Cowes. Forecast levels are high, and water will come close to property.
For 1 hour either side of high water, sea front roads, esplanades and car parks will flood. In Cowes, water will affect the High Street, Medina Road (floating bridge) and Sea Street, Newport.
In East Cowes, sea water forced up through drains will impact the road at Albany Road, York Avenue and Castle Street.
The ferry terminal car park at Yarmouth will flood and this may impact Bridge Street. After this tide‚ the weather becomes more settled‚ so levels will reduce and no further impacts are expected.
We continue to monitor the forecast. If you have it, we recommend that flood protection be installed at Medina Road (Cowes), Well Road (East Cowes) and Bridge Road (Yarmouth), 1 hour before high tide.
You can follow the flood alert by visiting the EA website.
