Emergency Response to Storm Darragh

The Lead Local Flood Authority, North Yorkshire Council, are continuing to provide a range of support to communities affected by Storm Darragh in the county.

Properties were flooded over the weekend in the Kirkbymoorside area after the storm swept in across North Yorkshire.

To help those affected, North Yorkshire Council are working alongside Kirkbymoorside Town Council, led by Cllr Jean Illingworth. An Emergency Response Centre has been set up at the Moorside Room in Church Street in Kirkbymoorside where officers and volunteers are available to offer assistance.

Incident Recovery Information issued by North Yorkshire Council has been circulated to all residences affected by flooding.

The local assistance centre will be open every day this week between 9am and 5pm and is being staffed by people who can give a range of advice for those whose properties have been affected. Private spaces are also available for anyone who wants to have a confidential conversation.

Meanwhile, there continues to be about 60 properties in North Yorkshire which remain without power due to Storm Darragh, with Northern Powergrid engineers fixing faults caused by fallen trees and the high winds over the weekend. Northern Powergrid is hopeful that power will be restored to the affected properties today. These are on top of the usual power incidents that can occur each day.   

For people affected by loss of power in the Kirkbymoorside area, ‘winter warmer’ packs are available from the Moorside Room support centre. The packs include items such as a power bank, torches, blankets and hot water bottles.

If any additional support is needed from Northern Powergrid, customers can contact 105 or priority service customers can call 0800 169 2996.

A number of roads in North Yorkshire remain closed because of flooding and fallen trees. There were 160 reports of fallen trees and we are continuing to work around the clock to clear as many of the routes as possible.

Highways teams, subcontractors and other colleagues including parks and grounds have been working to remove the remainder of trees blocking highways and have made good progress.

This is a dynamic situation, with the picture changing as crews address issues such as fallen trees on site or water levels dropping so roads can be reopened.

But there are only a small number of roads still closed in the Area 4 Kirby Misperton patch, which are currently being inspected to determine whether we can re-open them.

Crews will continue to inspect the roads network and respond as necessary until we return fully to business as usual - whilst the calmer weather will assist in this, we will also continue to monitor any residual effects as water moves down catchments.

North Yorkshire Council have a duty to investigate significant flood events to establish which organisations, such as themselves, the Environment Agency and Internal Drainage Boards, had flood risk management functions relating to the flooding, and whether they have done, or intend to do, anything in relation to this. 

The report will try to establish the circumstances that led to the flooding, including reviewing weather data, river levels and the experience of residents and any evidence they may have. We will then make recommendations based on the conclusions of the report.

If you have been affected by the flooding in Kirkbymoorside, please email the flood team at North Yorkshire Council at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. so they can collate as much evidence as possible and discuss the next steps of the investigation process. 

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