The Environment Agency and contractor VolkerStevin have commenced significant repair works using a helicopter at Northenden Weir in South Manchester, a crucial structure for managing flood risks in the area.
Northampton station was flooded, the Queensferry Crossing closed, towns around the country were flooded in just some of the havoc caused by Storm Bert, the second named storm of the 2024-25 season.
The Fens are facing unprecedented challenges due to climate change that need immediate coordinated efforts to mitigate, according to a new assessment by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia.
Completion of a 10-year programme of work in Leeds this autumn has delivered 1 in 200-year flood protection for the city and some engineering firsts for the UK too.
Technicians employed specialist rope access techniques to inspect the Hull tidal surge barrier, a Grade II listed structure, as part of an extensive maintenance review.
WSP has been tasked by the Environment Agency with updating and maintaining groundwater models in Lincolnshire and East Anglia.
The UK government has announced it will reform the way that it allocates funding for flood defences, doing away with the current “outdated funding formula”.
The Environment Agency has detailed the lessons from the work of its 35 projects in the £200M flood and coastal innovation programmes as they reach the halfway point.
A major milestone has been achieved in the £21.2M expansion of the Leigh flood storage area (FSA) in Kent, as the first of three new flood gates has been successfully installed.
The Environment Agency has detailed how it is heightening its preparedness for flooding in the UK following the wettest 18 months on record up to February 2024 and record breaking rainfall during September.
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