flood_alerts_england

Displays live flood alerts for England in a configurable Drupal block using the Environment Agency API. Filter by county, flood area ID, or proximity; cached for fast pages.

Features

• Provides a “Flood Alerts” block that shows current alerts from the Environment Agency (England) Flood Monitoring API.
• Flexible filters (per block instance):
  • County (select list of English counties)
  • Flood area ID (floodAreaID)
  • Proximity (lat, long, dist in km)

Post-Installation

1. Enable the module.
2. Place the block: Structure → Block layout → Place block → “Flood Alerts”.
3. Configure per instance:
   • Choose a filter mode: County, Flood area ID, or Proximity.
4. No site-wide configuration form is required; all settings live in the block configuration.
5. Optional: Override the default Twig template in your theme (flood-alerts-england.html.twig).

Community Documentation

• Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API reference: https://environment.data.gov.uk/flood-monitoring/doc/reference
• Floods collection used by this module: https://environment.data.gov.uk/flood-monitoring/id/floods
• GOV.UK target area pages: https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/target-area/{floodAreaID}