The Southend Flood Partnership has prepared to respond to torrential rainfall after severe weather warnings were issued for Thursday night and Friday morning by the Met Office.
The partnership – which is made up of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, Anglian Water, and Environment Agency – has put staff on call and allocated extra resource to respond to any high levels of rainfall. The partnership already has a range of measures in place, including well-rehearsed plans with Essex Fire and Rescue.
Since flooding events last year, Anglian Water has also taken a number of actions to address flood risk, including surveys on 111 flood-hit homes to assess their suitability for flood-mitigation measures, extensions of drainage installations to effect improved interception of surface water and repairing or replacing gullies and connections at a number of locations.
The water company has also brought in extra manpower over the past few days to carry out additional checks of equipment and checks at all key pumping stations across Southend.
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