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Wales urged to prepare for possible autumn flooding
Natural Resources Wales is urging people in Wales to prepare for possible flooding this autumn.
Climate change is expected to bring more frequent and intense extreme weather, including wetter, wilder winters.
Scientists are also monitoring a strong El Niño in the Pacific, which can raise global temperatures and increase the risk of extreme weather.
El Niño does not guarantee bad weather in the UK, but it adds to concerns about the coming months.
Flood defences cannot prevent every flood, so people are advised to consider what they would do if their area flooded.
The agency says its warning service is available to 181,158 properties in Wales, but only 48,844 properties are signed up for phone or email alerts.
People can check their flood risk by postcode and sign up for warnings; the agency says some may avoid registering because they wrongly believe it could affect their insurance premiums.
Wales is being urged to prepare for possible flooding in the coming months.
Natural Resources Wales official Jeremy Parr said flood defences cannot prevent all flooding.
Scientists are monitoring an El Niño event over the Pacific Ocean that is expected to be very strong.
Only 48,844 of the 181,158 properties covered by Wales’s flood warning service were signed up for alerts.
Natural Resources Wales advises people to check their postcode flood risk and sign up for warnings.
- Who
- Natural Resources Wales is urging people in Wales to prepare. Jeremy Parr, of the organisation, spoke about flood risks.
- What
- People are being advised to prepare for possible flooding and sign up for flood alerts.
- When
- Concerns relate to the coming months, including autumn. The article was published on 11 October 2026.
- Where
- Wales; scientists are monitoring El Niño over the Pacific Ocean.
- Why
- Climate change is expected to bring more frequent and intense weather extremes, and El Niño can increase risks of extreme weather.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
you can't stop all of the flooding all of the time
people need to think the unthinkable really - or the unpleasant
they'd never flooded before, and didn't think it would happen to them
It is low - 27%
Scientists are monitoring an El Niño event over the Pacific Ocean.
The BBC reported Natural Resources Wales’s advice to prepare for possible flooding and figures on flood alert sign-ups.
- Flood warning service coverage
- 181,158 properties in Wales
- Signed up for alerts
- 48,844 properties
- Share signed up
- 27%
- El Niño location
- Pacific Ocean
Sources
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