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Storm Georgina

24 January 2018 · 2017-18 season · named by Met Eireann · Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland

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Brought gusts of roughly 60-70mph around exposed coastlines, affecting Scotland and Northern Ireland; mainly a wind event with no major flooding.

Flood footprintEnvironment Agency warning history, England · storm total

0severe warnings
11flood warnings
67flood alerts
69areas
51counties
59rivers & seas

Counted from the Environment Agency's warning record for England (23–24 January 2018). 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

  • Lower River Nidd2
  • Lower River Ure2
  • North Sea Coast at Bridlington2
  • River North Tyne2
  • River Ouse at Naburn Lock2
  • River Ouse at York - Riverside properties2

Counties

  • North Yorkshire24
  • York10
  • Westmorland and Furness10
  • Northumberland7
  • Devon7
  • Leeds6

Rivers & seas

  • River Ouse7
  • River Eden3
  • River Wye3
  • North Sea2
  • River Lune2
  • River Nidd2

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
High Row 66.8
Wet Sleddale 63.2
Thirlmere St Johns Beck 62.8
Brotherswater 56.2
White Barrow 53.8
Moorahill Farm 49.8
Kielder Ridge End 48.8
Mosedale 48.2
Garrigill Noonstones Hill 47.4
Burnbanks 47.2
Honister 46.6
Orton - Shallowford 45.6

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon 4.72 m 277%
Nunnington · River Riccal 1.18 m 268%
Castle Foregate · Bagley Brook 1.04 m 243%
Sprouston · River Tweed 3.87 m 237%
Ramshaw Mill · River Gaunless 0.88 m 218%
Hindley Wrae Ford · River West Allen 1.16 m 217%
Mountnessing · River Wid 0.91 m 211%
Calthorpe Park · River Rea 0.87 m 210%
Skirfare Bridge · River Skirfare 1.17 m 202%
Brookhouse Farm · Ford Green Brook 1.91 m 201%
Riseley · River Kym 1.40 m 200%
Harwood · Harwood Beck 1.13 m 196%

Gauge records cover 23–25 January 2018 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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