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…
Heavy rain between 07 to 08 January 2016 increased levels of rivers in eastern Scotland, causing flooding in the city of Aberdeen and surrounding areas. The River Don in Aberdeen…
Liz Truss, the UK environment secretary, told parliament on 05 January 2016, that around 16,000 properties were flooded in England in December 2015. The minister said that according to the…
Parts of northern England have suffered more flooding after 2 days of heavy rain. In the last 24 hours, the River Aire in Leeds, Yorkshire, has reached record levels. December…
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…
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…
A recent survey by Know Your Flood Risk, the campaign to raise awareness of the risk of flooding in the UK, indicates that two-thirds of UK households fail to check…
A new campaign to raise the issue of long-term flood defence investment and land and water management in the UK has been launched today. Behind the “Flood Free Homes” campaign…
A new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) says that Europe’s transport system urgently needs to adapt to the threat of flooding and severe weather brought about by climate…
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…
Hurricane Gonzalo, or at least what is left of it, has caused storm surges and coastal flooding in parts of northern Europe over the last few days. Gonzalo has left…
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…
