NORHAM residents and businesses at risk from flooding from the Tweed are being urged to take advantage of a warning system being extended to the village.
The Environment Agency's free flood warning service is being extended to include Norham, and a total of 32 homes and businesses in the area will be able to sign up to the Floodline Warnings Direct service and receive personalised updates that can b
e sent to landlines, mobile phones, pagers and faxes, or by email and text message.
Residents and businesses at risk of flooding will be contacted by letter in late February with full information on how they can sign up to the flood warning service.
The service for the new area will go live in March, and after that date whenever the Environment Agency issues flood warnings they will be sent to those who want to receive them.
Catherine Marshall of the Environment Agency's flood incident management team said: "Floods don't just happen to other people.
"We want to encourage everyone who receives a letter about our flood warning service to register to Floodline Warnings Direct, even if they were not affected in 2007.
"This will allow them to choose how they receive flood warning messages and let them manage these details online. Watch out for the letter and take action!"
More information about flooding and flood warnings is available at the Environment Agency's website www.environment-agency.gov.uk or people can call the 24-hour Floodline service on 0845 988 1188 for more information about flooding.
