Social media is a great way to get up to date advice or guidance when there is a flood, if severe weather is on the way, or roads and transport are going to be affected.

• North Devon Council publishes alerts during local emergencies on Twitter @ndevoncouncil and Facebook
• Devon County Council Highways Agency publish alerts on road incidents @DevonAlert 
• the Met Office publish weather alerts @metofficeUK
• the Environment Agency publish flood and incident alerts @EnvAgencySW 

Keep track of what is happening in your area by following the Twitter hashtags #weatheraware, #floodaware, #beprepared, #staysafe, #NDevon