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.…
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,…
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…
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…
Parts of northern England have seen severe flooding after rain brought by Storm Desmond between 04 and 05 December 2015. Thousands have been forced from their homes and one person…
After the seemingly endless flooding of last winter, the UK Environment Agency has launched a 2 week national flood action campaign entitled ‘Floods destroy – be prepared’. The campaign is…
Just 2 weeks after the Lib Dems called for increased spending on flood control in the UK, earlier this week was the turn of the insurance industry. The Association of…
During their annual party conference, the Liberal Democrats in the UK backed a series of measures to deal with the increased flood risk faced by the country. The measures include:…
New scientific review investigates potential influences on recent UK winter floods. Press release by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UK – 27 August 2014 A comprehensive review of all…
A report by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) in UK released yesterday claims that increased flood risk is the greatest threat to the UK from climate change. Models of…
From figures and estimates currently available, the floods and storms that hit the United Kingdom during late 2013 and the first two months of 2014 are likely to cost the…
As part of our efforts to document in some way each major flooding incident from around the world, we are now working on building a collection of photos and images…
The British Isles have been battered by storms without let up since 22 December 2013 and more is forecast to come with “Storm Christine” lined up to hit Britain and…
2007 is regarded as one of the worst years in recent times for flooding in the United Kingdom. Much of the flooding occurred during a period between June and July.…
