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Archive Cat 4 · Severe

Storm Darragh

6–7 December 2024 · 2024-25 season · named by Met Office · Wales, England, Ireland

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96 mphmax gust
100 mmpeak rainfall
275flood warnings & alerts (England)
2UK deaths
A severe windstorm carrying a rare red wind warning for the Welsh coast and Bristol Channel, with gusts of 96mph at Berry Head and over 2.3 million customers losing power. More than 100mm of rain in western Wales and 200+ flood alerts accompanied the winds.

Flood footprintEnvironment Agency warning history, England · storm total

0severe warnings
92flood warnings
183flood alerts
244areas
93counties
157rivers & seas

Counted from the Environment Agency's warning record for England (5–7 December 2024). Welsh warnings are held in a separate record and are not counted here, and FloodRadar only began recording Scottish warnings on 16 September 2026 because SEPA publishes no archive. So this is England's share of the storm, not its total.

Worst-hit areas

  • Hunstanton coast in Norfolk4
  • Somerset coast at Porlock Weir3
  • Combe Haven2
  • Cuckmere River2
  • Humber estuary from Spurn Point to Winestead Outfall2
  • Illey Brook at Halesowen2

Counties

  • North Yorkshire41
  • Staffordshire31
  • Worcestershire20
  • Shropshire17
  • Lancashire16
  • Herefordshire15

Rivers & seas

  • North Sea16
  • River Wye10
  • River Esk7
  • River Irwell7
  • River Churnet6
  • River Severn6

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. An unshaded area means no flood was mapped here, which is not evidence none happened: the Environment Agency mapped only some floods, mapping effort rose sharply after about 2000, and surface-water flooding is largely absent from this record.

The rainstorm-total by gauge

GaugeTotal mm
Rainfall station · Lancashire 135.9
Rainfall station · Westmorland and Furness 97.5
Rainfall station · Cumberland 95.6
Rainfall station · Westmorland and Furness 94.2
Ennerdale Black Sail 88.4
Rainfall station · Westmorland and Furness 86.9
Hug Bridge 86.8
Rainfall station · North Yorkshire 84.4
Rainfall station · Westmorland and Furness 83.0
Rainfall station · Cumberland 79.4
Seathwaite Tarn 79.4
Rainfall station · Westmorland and Furness 78.3

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Middlesbrough Albert Park Footbridge · Marton West Beck 0.57 m 373%
Todmorden Millwood · River Calder 2.77 m 367%
Myerscough · Old River Brock 2.84 m 360%
Weetwood Bridge · River Till 4.02 m 356%
Upper Tean · River Tean 1.42 m 355%
Castle Foregate · Bagley Brook 1.50 m 349%
Brookhouse Farm · Ford Green Brook 3.07 m 323%
Bodiam Avenue · Daniels Brook 0.51 m 315%
Wakefield Brooks Bank · Balne Beck 1.00 m 311%
Scalby · Sea Cut 2.15 m 308%
Briggswath · River Esk 3.91 m 301%
Skipton Eller Beck · Eller Beck 2.20 m 293%

Gauge records cover 5–8 December 2024 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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