Floods and flooding in the United Kingdom
The Environment Agency in England has announced that the River Ouseburn has been diverted as part of a major scheme to tackle flooding in Brunton Park, Newcastle. Northumbrian Water and…
A combination of high spring tides and winds of 65 mph (120 km/h) caused coastal flooding in parts of Cornwall and Devon in south west England yesterday, Sunday 10 April,…
“There isn’t one solution to flooding. We need a range of solutions,” says Councillor John Osman, chair of the Somerset Rivers Authority in the UK. The Somerset Rivers Authority has…
Parts of southern and central England endured the force of Storm Katie between Sunday 27 and Monday 28 March 2016. Strong winds, with gusts of over 100 mph / 160…
The Environment Agency has been working in Cumbria and Yorkshire to aid communities recovering from the record-breaking December 2015 floods. Cumbria Since the devastating floods of early December 2015, the…
The UK government have announced they will be allocating an extra £700 million ($995 million US) towards funding for flood defence in England and Wales. The extra budget will allow…
Strong winds, flash floods and torrential rain caused chaos for motorists and commuters in England yesterday, Wednesday 09 March, 2016. Parts of central England were some of the worst affected…
A dedicated new facility to enhance Scotland’s resilience capability to combat natural hazards is to be set up at the University of Glasgow. Scotland’s new National Centre for Resilience (NCR)…
The Environment Agency have announced that a multi-million pound scheme to reduce the risk of flooding to 350 homes and 32 businesses in Port Clarence, Teesside in North East England…
Cuts to the fire service are leaving more and more communities at risk when flooding strikes, according to a recent report by the by the Fire Brigade Union (FBU) in…
PERILS AG has today disclosed its second loss estimate for the floods in the UK from 04 to 24 December, 2015, following storm Desmond. The revised estimate of the property…
An official report by the Environment Agency in the UK reveals that the winter floods of 2013 to 2014 caused damage in England and Wales costing around £1.3 billion. Residential…
Residents motorists along coastal areas of Norfolk, eastern England, will soon benefit from newly installed digital flood warnings signs. The signs will be illuminated when tidal flood alerts and flood…
During his visit to moorlands in Derbyshire, England, on 19 February, Sir James Bevan, the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, said that revitalising natural landscapes can reduce flood risk.…
Flood Re, the body set up by the UK government and the insurance industry to reduce the cost of cover in flood-prone areas of the UK is set to launch…
The Flood Re insurance scheme will fail to reduce flood risk and the number of London households eligible for the scheme could increase by up to 75% during its lifespan,…
