John Curtin is the Environment Agency's Executive Director of Flood and Coastal Risk Management
You may have heard about the potential impact of so-called ‘super tides’ which are due from Saturday 26 September to Saturday 3 October. These tides are enhanced by the autumn equinox which this year fell on Wednesday 23 September. This …
In this joint blog from the Environment Agency and the Met Office, we look at the issue of so-called ‘super tides’. There has been a lot of media coverage about the potential impact of so-called ‘super tides’, which are due …
The 30 November 2013 is a date I remember vividly. I was the national Duty Flood Risk Manager, on call 24/7 in case there were any flooding emergencies. But it was a dull, cold November day so I expected a quiet …
