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Recent News

Hydrological Summary for February 2023 Published
14th Mar 2023
Aerial picture of the river out of bank with water over the floodplain
NRFA Peak Flow Dataset Version 11.1 released
6th Mar 2023
January 2023 Hydrological Summary map of the UK. Above average flows accross most of the country
Hydrological Summary for January 2023 Published
14th Feb 2023



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