Tag Archives: Flooding

Over the past two decades or so, we have witnessed more extreme storm events, involving unprecedented rainfall. Resulting floods have severely damaged properties, caused energy and transport disruption, contributed to mental health issues and sadly resulted in loss of life. In the UK, we have also seen combined stormwater overflows…

The Environment Agency expects to deliver far less through its £5.2bn flood-safety programme than originally forecast as skills shortages and inflation hold it back, a bleak report has warned.

Surface water management will improve with sustainable drainage systems becoming mandatory for new developments, but what regulatory structure is needed to make it work?

Cumbria in the north of England has a history of flooding. In 2015, 2,276 properties and businesses flooded in the town of Kendal and surrounding villages during Storm Desmond. To create future resilience, the Environment Agency and Westmorland & Furness Council are working with WSP and others to deliver one…

Network Rail has begun a £3.5M programme to improve the heavy rain resilience of the railway between the North Lanarkshire villages of Croy and Dullatur.

The use of digital twins by infrastructure owners and operators to understand how assets work in a wider system is among the recommendations on enhancing UK infrastructure’s climate resilience included in a new ICE report.

An aerial tree map is being used to prioritise sweeping on Cardiff roads with drains that are more at risk of being blocked by leaves, in turn helping to reduce flooding.

The Environment Agency has launched a consultation on a £16M scheme to enhance flood protection for the town of Tadcaster in North Yorkshire.

Annual damage caused by flooding in the UK could increase by more than a fifth over the next century due to climate change unless all international pledges to reduce carbon emissions are met, according to new research.

Mid-Devon District Council has approved a £7.2M Network Rail scheme to reduce the frequency and duration of flooding on the Great Western Main Line at the village of Hele in Devon.