Engineers warn UK infrastructure remains at severe risk of flooding and call for action on funding
One of the UK’s leading professional engineering organisations is warning that the UK will continue to face the consequences of severe flooding until action is taken – including funding provision.
Environment Agency warns high risk of floods
The Environment Agency has warned householders and emergency responders across England and Wales to prepare for an increased risk of flooding over the next two days.
£3.2m flood scheme in York nears approval
A £3.2 million upgrade of York’s flood defences could get the green light next week after council planning chiefs recommended Environment Agency proposals.
Flooding threatens millions more properties unless action taken
Four times as many households and businesses in England could be at risk of flooding in the next twenty years if further steps are not taken to prepare for climate change, says a new report published today by the Government’s advisers on climate change adaptation.
£600k flood defence scheme moves into second stage
Construction has started on Stage 2 of the Stallingborough Flood Alleviation Scheme, which will see improvements made to 1.6km of coastal defences on the Humber bank at a cost of £600,000.
Last four hosepipe bans lifted
The last four hosepipe bans in place in the UK, which impacted about six million customers , have finally been lifted.
Scotland - learning to live with floods
Communities in Scotland have moved away from trying to defend themselves against floods to a position that accepts them as inevitable and finds ways of coping with them, according to research presented at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) conference this week in Edinburgh.
Torrential rain tests Wigan’s flood defences
Heavy June rain put the Environment Agency’s £12million Flood Alleviation Scheme on the River Douglas through its first major test as torrential downpours spectacularly filled its radical new flood storage area. At the centre of the dam, just a mile from the town centre, two giant Hydro-Brake® Flow Controls successfully held back flood waters in the carefully-engineered flood storage area extending one kilometre along the steep-sided river valley.
New £7m flood scheme in Newport officially opens
A new scheme that will help to protect hundreds of Newport homes and businesses from flood damage has been officially opened by Environment Minister, John Griffiths.
Environment Agency launches new flood and coastal risk consultation
The Environment Agency has launched a new consultation on its proposals for flood and coastal erosion risk management of the Clacton-on-Sea and Holland-on-Sea coastline.
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