UK – Flood Protection Boost With £36m of Funding
In the UK, the Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey announced on 27 March that 25 new schemes will receive a share of £36 million funding to improve flood protection. Environment Minister…
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UK – Different Approach to Floods Needed in Future Says Environment Agency
The UK Environment Agency’s Chief Executive Sir James Bevan has highlighted the need for a new approach in his keynote speech at a conference on flooding and coastal erosion in…
UK – Homes at Risk From Coastal Erosion Are Evacuated
Several houses in an area along England’s east coast have been evacuated after erosion brought them perilously close to the edge of a cliff. The foundations of some of the…
UK – Coastal Flooding in South West England After Storm Emma Hits
Coastal flooding has affected parts of south west England after high tides combined with strong winds and waves brought by Storm Emma. As of 04 March there were 16 flood…
Europe’s Cities Face More Extreme Weather Than Previously Thought
A landmark study shows the impact of flooding, droughts and heatwaves by 2050-2100 will exceed previous predictions in Europe. Research by Newcastle University in the UK has for the first…
UK – Two-Thirds of Motorists Would Risk Their Lives in a Flood
A shocking two-thirds of drivers would gamble with their safety by driving through floodwater – even though this is the leading cause of death during a flood, new figures have…
Climate Change Means More Frequent Flooding, Warns UK Environment Agency
Intense bouts of flooding are set to become more frequent, the Environment Agency in the UK has warned. The warning follows a pattern of severe flooding over the past 10…
Parched Cape Town, Flood-Prone Miami Help Cities Confront Water Risks
BARCELONA, Jan 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As drought-hit Cape Town faces the prospect of its taps running dry as soon as April, it is joining a project to work…
UK – Warrington’s £34 Million Flood Defence Scheme Officially Complete
More than 2,000 homes and businesses in Warrington, England, will benefit from the town’s multi-million pound flood defence scheme, officially opened on 26 January, 2018, by Environment Agency Chief Executive,…
UK – Sheffield Flood Defences Completed
A £21 million flood defence scheme to better protect hundreds of businesses in Sheffield’s Lower Don Valley opened on Thursday 25 January, 2018. The new flood alleviation scheme will benefit…
UK Regional Weather Forecasts Could Be Improved Using Jet Stream Data
Weather forecasters could be able to better predict regional rainfall and temperatures across the UK by using North Atlantic jet stream data, according to new research. Climate scientists examined the…
Global Warming Poses Substantial Flood Risk Increase for Central and Western Europe
Europe is expected to see a considerable increase in flood risk in coming years, even under an optimistic climate change scenario of 1.5°C warming compared to pre-industrial levels. A study…
Ireland and UK – Evacuations and Flood Rescues as Heavy Rain Causes Flash Flooding
Flash flooding affected parts south west England, Wales and Ireland on 21 January, 2018. Some areas of France have also seen heavy rain and flood warnings are in place. In…
UK – Green Light for Hull’s £42m Humber Tidal Flood Scheme
Funding has been secured for a £42 million upgrade to the tidal flood defence scheme in the Humber Estuary – improving flood protection to 113,000 properties. Led by the Environment…
UK – Plans to Plant 50 Million Trees to Help Mitigate Flooding
Ambitious plans to create a new “Northern Forest” that will stretch from Liverpool across to Hull in England have been kick-started following an announcement by the UK Prime Minister Theresa…
Is Arctic Warming Influencing the UK’s Extreme Weather?
Severe snowy weather in winter or extreme rains in summer in the UK might be influenced by warming trends in the Arctic, according to new findings. Climate scientists from the…
