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River Wear level at Chester-Le-Street

Latest at 8:15pm on 9 December

Height
1.09m
Trend
Falling
State
Normal

Normal range 0.29m to 3.00m

Height in metres over the last 5 days

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How levels here could affect nearby areas

4.06m
Water reaches the highest level recorded at this measuring station (18 July 2009)
3.80m
Low-lying land flooding possible above this level. One or more flood alerts may be issued.
3.70m
Property flooding is possible above this level
3.00m
Top of normal range
1.09m
Latest level

Flooding might not happen again at the same historical levels. This may be because flood management schemes are now in place.

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