South Tyneside alerts

School closures

For details, see School closures.

Weather

For information about weather warnings, go to Met Office North East England weather warnings.

Flooding

To check current flood warnings, go to Flood Information Service.

Useful flooding links:

• Flooding advice and support
• Environment Agency

Travel

For road and traffic updates, go to Twitter: NE Traffic News.

For Tyne and Wear Metro updates, go to Twitter: Tyne and Wear Metro.

For information on rail disruptions, go to National Rail: Service Disruptions.

Police

For updates from Northumbria Police, see Twitter: Northumbria Police.

Emergency phone numbers 

See a list of Emergency phone numbers.