Flooding and Severe Weather
This page provides information relating to severe weather and other challenges we may face.
The Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG)- South West are leading on a number of environmental initiatives in the region and their website has14 Information Sheets on Natural Flood Management techniques.
With climate change becoming a reality, many properties are potentially vulnerable to flash flooding. The following links provide useful advice.
- a government scheme relating to property insurance
- Business Flood Planning Guide /
Shepton Montague has a cluster of rain-gauges which provide real-time data, updated every five minutes, please uset the following link:
This data is also uploaded to a web-portal developed by the EA and Somerset Rivers Authority: this maps both rainfall data and river levels in Somerset.
A report on the flooding in May 2023 can be found here : Flooding in Shepton Montague - May 2023
There was a flash flood management presentation in August 2024.
Information on help available following flooding can be found here: Information and help
The text of the Annual Report of the Somerset Rivers Authority for 2022-23 can be found here.
Or follow the link to their website for further details: Somerset Rivers Authority