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.

Shepton Montague has a cluster of rain-gauges which provide real-time data, updated every five minutes, please refer to Shepton Montague rain gauges

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.

There is a report on the Flooding in Shepton Montague - May 2023

There was a flash flood management presentation in August 2024.

Refer to Information and help following flooding.

Refer to the text of the Somerset Rivers Authority Annual Report for 2022-23.

For further details refer to the Somerset Rivers Authority website.