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Storm Chandra

26–27 January 2026 · 2025-26 season · named by Met Office · England, Wales, Northern Ireland

80 mphmax gust
115 mmpeak rainfall
341flood warnings & alerts
A rainfall-dominated storm whose exceptional totals (115.1mm at White Barrow, Devon; record January daily falls) tipped saturated catchments into flooding. Somerset declared a major incident as the River Parrett flooded, with rescues at Langport, Burrowbridge and Ottery St Mary.

Flood footprintstorm total

2severe warnings
134flood warnings
205flood alerts
338areas
90counties
239rivers & seas

Worst-hit areas

  • River Otter (Lower) at Ottery St. Mary2
  • River Taw (Middle) from Taw Bridge to Newnham Bridge2
  • Upper Frome at Dorchester2
  • Alconbury Brook in Cambridgeshire1
  • Alfriston on the Cuckmere River1
  • Ashley and Milford on Sea, Danes Stream1

Counties

  • Devon44
  • Dorset Council37
  • Hampshire35
  • Somerset23
  • Wiltshire20
  • West Sussex15

Rivers & seas

  • Groundwater14
  • River Stour6
  • Dorset Frome4
  • English Channel4
  • River Avon4
  • River Culm4

Flood mapthe storm's flood footprint

Red/amber rings mark rivers that reached or came close to their own high level during the storm — the most direct evidence of likely flooding (the gauge measures the river, not any one property). Solid dots mark each flood area's reference point, coloured by the most severe warning raised there — a warning means flooding was expected. Shaded shapes are the Environment Agency's recorded flood outlines: land actually observed flooded, published retrospectively (updated quarterly). England data only.

The rainstorm-total by gauge

GaugeTotal mm
Rainfall station · Hampshire 153.1
Rainfall station · Devon 127.9
Rainfall station · Devon 92.9
Rainfall station · Devon 88.5
Rainfall station · Devon 88.5
Rainfall station · Devon 87.0
Rainfall station · Devon 86.7
St Ives Towednack 84.7
Dartmoor Fernworthy 84.3
Rainfall station · Devon 83.5
Rainfall station · Cumberland 83.0
Rainfall station · Cumberland 82.6

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Hexham Tanners Row Downstream · Cockshaw Burn 0.11 m 377%
Upwey Culvert · River Wey 0.91 m 350%
Stanford Bridge · River Teme 4.68 m 342%
Bodiam Avenue · Daniels Brook 0.55 m 340%
Sidmouth · River Sid 1.32 m 329%
Ramshaw Mill · River Gaunless 1.30 m 322%
Mountnessing · River Wid 1.39 m 322%
Shipston · River Stour 3.03 m 313%
Wilmington Hayne Lane Tunnel · Umborne Brook 3.55 m 312%
Leighton Buzzard · River Ouzel 1.01 m 310%
Upper Tean · River Tean 1.24 m 309%
Stokesley · River Leven 0.93 m 309%

Gauge records cover 25–28 January 2026 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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