Plans for a milestone £150 million flood alleviation scheme in Oxford have been submitted by the Environment Agency (EA) – the latest flood prevention measure put forward by the government. The project, which awaits approval from Oxfordshire County Council, will introduce a new stream,…
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Storm Franklin has caused flood devastation across many parts of the UK: people were evacuated from their homes, power cuts affected more than 12,000 properties and there were transport cancellations up and down the country. A severe flood warning remains in place for Bewdley, Worcestershire, where…
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An interview was published with Emma Howard Boyd, the head of the Environment Agency, in The Times recently, in which she warned it could become too expensive to save homes that are built on flood plains. The caveat comes after the Climate Change Committee calculated that while there are 1.9…
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As Cop26 draws to a close, we’re pleased to unveil our new product FloodSmart Analytics that will enable insurers, risk managers and mortgage lenders to accurately assess flood risk at even single building level. FloodSmart Analytics provides high-definition analysis for flood depths,…
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Groundwater flooding represents a significant part of the overall flood risk in the UK, but is widely missed as it results from subsurface flow processes that are not very well understood and hard to observe. This brief review of last Winter brings a useful illustration of the groundwater hazard. …
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The UK’s climate is changing, and this will potentially increase the frequency, severity and extent of groundwater flooding. Businesses and individuals should take action to assess vulnerability and improve resilience if they are at risk to groundwater flooding and climate change. The first step…
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The Met Office has provided its first major update on climate change in almost 10 years, warning of significant increases in rainfall, flood risk and coastal sea level rise in the decades ahead. This stark warning means planning authorities and communities will assess location for the long term on…
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In a 2,000-page report, the Climate Change Committee outlines clearly that the UK is ill-prepared for the impact of long term climate change on our communities. Critical infrastructure could be destroyed by flooding, while soil quality will deplete through poor, overly intensive farming and land…
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Climate change data Significant fluctuations in natural climatic conditions occur over time as evidenced by the geological record and Antarctic ice cores which show a range of -10 C to +6 C over the last 800,000 years relative to current temperature. However, there is good scientific evidence to…
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