Sandbags have been distributed across the borough and are after the Environment Agency put areas inluding Bentley, Fishlake, and Conisbrough on alert, with large amounts of rain due to fall on already wet ground.
River levels are forecast to rise across the Lower Don Catchment as a result of persistent rainfall, which is due to continue through until Thursday morning
Flooding of minor roads and farmland is possible from this evening onwards, say experts. By tomorrow afternoon, January 20, ‘very high’ river levels are expected.
Our pictures show how residents have been preparing to defend their homes if there are floods.
9. Building up
A resident on Frank Road Bentley, stacks Sandbags outside a property. Picture: NDFP-19-01-21-FloodAlert Bentley 3-NMSY Photo: Marie Caley
10. Residents of Chadwick Road, Bentley, make preparations for possible floods. Picture: NDFP-19-01-21-FloodAlert Bentley 4-NMSY
Protective measures Photo: Marie Caley
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Sandbags in place on Frank Road, Bentley. But the resident here said said they thought they needed more Photo: David Kessen
12. Red alert
Bright red sandbags at the corner of Yarborough Terrace in Bentley, near the ambulance station Photo: David Kessen