After a long dry spell it has started raining once again in South West England. This evening South West Water’s WaterFit Live map of combined sewer overflow activations looks like this:
There are ongoing sewage pollution “spills” at St.Agnes, Penzance, Pentewan, Fowey and Salcombe:
It never rains, but it pours! Yesterday the Met Office issued yellow weather warnings for both strong winds and heavy rain across South West England this weekend:
The inclement weather is caused by the arrival of Storm Bert, forecast to reach a central mean sea level pressure of 937 hPa at noon today:
Here’s how the WaterFit Live map looks this morning:
There is ongoing sewage pollution at Exmouth, Seaton and Budleigh Salterton amongst other locations:
To be continued…