Analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA), which represents more than 370 councils in England and Wales, reveals that the equivalent to almost 30,000 tonnes of water-damaged household goods have…
Linking extreme rainfall, flooding and climate change in the recent UK deluges – a report by Nick Reynard, the Science Area Lead for Natural Hazards at the UK’s Centre for…
There is no panacea for flood events, but there a range of things we can either do better or start doing to mitigate or adapt to them. The recent UK…
The Environment Agency still had 25 “red” flood warnings and 140 “yellow” flood alerts in force across the UK on Monday (11 January, 2016). This comes as the Association of…
Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) announced today that, based on preliminary estimates, it expects aggregate losses of approximately USD 275 million related to storms Desmond, Eva and Frank in the UK…
Centuries of alteration to how our river catchments (or drainage basins) function has undoubtedly exacerbated the risk of downstream flooding in every river area in Britain, report Neil Entwistle, University…
In their Global Catastrophe Recap report for this month, Aon Benfield say that total insured losses from the severe weather events at the end of December in the US and…
Flooding has been reported across several counties in Ireland after further heavy rain increased levels of the River Shannon in the west and caused some flash flooding on roads in…
Yet again, distressing images of flood damage and destruction in Cumbria, northern England are prompting calls for further investment in UK flood defences and fearful talk of climate change. There…
Storm Desmond, an active European windstorm, brought strong winds and heavy rain to Ireland and the UK over the past weekend, causing severe flooding, disruption and three reported fatalities. The…
The UK’s Environment secretary, Liz Truss, has confirmed that the flooding in Cumbria triggered by rainfall from Storm Desmond has damaged over 3,000 homes and businesses. In a statement made…
Parts of Britain and Ireland experienced heavy rain over the weekend of 14 to 15 November 2015. In England and Wales, the Environment Agency’s flood defences were called into action,…
Heavy rain has been falling across parts of Ireland for the last few days. Some minor flooding was reported on Friday and Saturday 11 September, in particular in parts of…
While much of the UK is enjoying the antics of the its government in the face of the flooding across southern England, other areas of Europe also face a weekend…
In similar circumstances to many parts of the United Kingdom, storms, heavy rain, high tides and strong winds brought flooding to various parts of Ireland. Coastal areas have been particularly…
Flood warnings have been issued in Dublin for the coming weekend. The flood risk is a result of high tides from around midday on Friday 31 January 2014. A further…
