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The Environment Agency warning is that flooding is expected and immediate action is required. It states: "The water level in the Eastern Yar remains very high, but it is now slowly falling (2cms per hour). 70mm of rain has fallen at Wroxall in the last five days, 35mm of rain was recorded yesterday. "Today the river will remain exceptionally high and will continue to cause extensive flooding to land, footpaths, cycle and access tracks, some of which will be impassable in places. "Given the current rate of fall, the water level will not be more safely back within bank until early Sunday afternoon.