# Flood alert: North Sea coast from Staithes to Whitby including tidal River Esk

**Event type:** Flood warning  
**Status in source feed:** current  
**Area:** North Sea coast from Staithes to Whitby including tidal River Esk  
**County:** North Yorkshire, Redcar and Cleveland  
**River or sea:** North Sea  
**Warning raised:** 2026-11-12T21:03:46Z  
**Source update:** 2026-11-12T21:03:00Z  
**Dataset checked:** 2026-11-12T22:00:44Z  
**Official warning-area boundary:** 6.422 km²

## What this measures

The mapped outline is the Environment Agency's official flood-warning area. Its approximate area uses a spherical calculation and is not an estimate of flooded land, people affected, casualties, displacement or damage. The first release uses warning data only; it does not map observed inundation.

## Source message

> You've signed up to get flood alerts.
> A flood alert has been issued by the Environment Agency.
> Flood alert in force: North Sea coast from Staithes to Whitby including tidal River Esk
> Flooding is possible for: The North Sea coast from Staithes to Whitby including Sandsend and tidal River Esk
> High tides this evening may lead to flooding.
> Flooding is possible from 19:15 to 21:15 on 12/11/2026.
> Locations most affected will be The North Sea coast from Staithes to Whitby including Sandsend and tidal River Esk
> We are closely monitoring the situation .
> Take care and avoid walking, cycling or driving through flood water.
> This message will be updated by 9:00AM on Friday 13 November or as the situation changes.

## Source and reuse

This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Data are provided under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). [Open the source record](https://environment.data.gov.uk/flood-monitoring/id/floods/122WAC952). Boundaries are from [the Environment Agency API](https://environment.data.gov.uk/flood-monitoring/doc/reference).

Prepared by TechnicalGIS Environmental News Desk. Dataset revision 1.