Live Flood Warnings and Alerts Application Programming Interface (API) (UK Open Government Data)
UK public-sector open dataset and API ("Live Flood Warnings and Alerts Application Programming Interface (API)") registered on data.gov.uk: Flood Warnings are provided by the constant monitoring of stations and forecasting flooding from rivers or the sea: - Severe Flood Warning: Severe flooding. Danger to life. - Flood Warning: Flooding is expected. Immediate action required. - Flood Alert: Flooding is possible. Be prepared. - Warning no longer in force: F
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Registered on data.gov.uk under the UK Open Government Licence (OGL); public endpoint without central API key requirement.
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Free open government data under the UK Open Government Licence (OGL v3.0).
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Limitations & terms
Geographic coverage applies to the United Kingdom (or England/Scotland/Wales/Northern Ireland depending on the publishing body).
Commercial use: Allowed per source
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Provenance & attributes
Kind: api · HTTPS: unknown · CORS: unknown
Sources: profiles
Categories: Government ·
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