20 Apr 2022
From Reuters Flooding cost the global economy more than $82 billion last year, accounting for nearly a third of all losses from natural catastrophes, reinsurance agency Swiss Re Institute reported Wednesday. In some parts of Europe, such losses could climb. A new study in the journal Nature found that stormy seas around Scotland and northern […]
20 Apr 2022
Artist’s impression of Oxford Flood Scheme, viewed from Devil’s Backbone The Environment Agency has submitted the planning application to build the Oxford flood alleviation scheme. This is a significant step towards reducing flood risk to homes, businesses and transport links in Oxford. A major project led by the Environment Agency in partnership with 9 other […]
05 Apr 2022
Nearly 13,000 homes and businesses will be better protected thanks to the construction of a new tidal barrier in Somerset, which the Environment Secretary has authorised. George Eustice has granted permission for construction of the £100m Bridgwater tidal barrier with a Transport and Works Act better protecting 11,300 homes and 1,500 businesses in the town […]
31 Mar 2022
A flood hydrology roadmap recently released sets out a vision to help scientists and practitioners better predict future flood events and improve flood resilience across the UK. The roadmap, which brings together the views of more than 100 experts from over 50 organisations, will improve hydrological data, models and science which can be used to inform […]
31 Mar 2022
A superhuman effort by an army of volunteers during the UK’s first COVID-19 lockdown has resulted in 5.2 million rainfall observations, recorded by hand on paper sheets now stored in the Met Office archives, being added to a digital national record. The record now has significantly more data for pre-1960 and has filled in what […]
08 Mar 2022
Hull’s new flood defences officially opened. Hull’s new Humber frontage flood defences which provide greater protection to 113,000 homes and businesses, as well as local infrastructure and other public amenities are being officially opened. The £42 million scheme is an investment that makes the city more resilient to the impacts of climate change. On 5 […]
19 Jan 2022
Interview with Emma Howard Boyd in the ever-exciting Civil Service World. Breaking records and battling for better water quality – Environment Agency’s Emma Howard Boyd reflects on 2021 2020 may have been a year like no other, but 2021 was a chip off the old block and relentless from day one. The EA chair tells […]
11 Jan 2022
Bright Blue, the ‘independent’ think tank (open to liberal conservatives everywhere) has published In Deep Water? Mapping the impacts of flooding in the UK since 2007 Also covered in The Guardian From the research The COVID-19 pandemic has, sadly, shown that government planning for national emergencies and crises can fail to imagine the full range […]
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