Water overspilled onto Ouse Bridge steps at 7.15 this morning (September 22)(Image: Kevin Glenton)The agency said floodgates in York were being closed and the Foss Barrier was in operation. In the city centre this morning, water covered parts of South Esplanade and Queen's Staith, and had overspilled both sets of steps from Ouse Bridge going south. The river walk in Tower Gardens underneath Skeldergate Bridge going south was under water this morning (September 22)(Image: Kevin Glenton)A flood alerts remains in place for the Upper River Ouse. As reported by The Press, that incident led to more than 600 homes along the rivers Ouse and Foss being destroyed. Alerts for the Lower River Nidd catchment and Lower River Wharfe were removed this morning.