Posts about our work managing flood risk and responding to flooding
This winter might be a winter like no other, with us all making changes to our lives and routines, and adapting to new rules. But for the Environment Agency, many of the challenges we face are all too familiar. The …
Expressions of interest have opened for the Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme, which will help communities improve resilience to flooding and coastal change
Mark Fuller had just returned from a holiday in November 2000 when he joined the incident team who were working round-the-clock to manage the biggest flood of the River Ouse that York has ever seen.
The Environment Agency’s Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy finished its journey through Parliament, meaning that we can start to put it into action, getting the nation better protected and prepared for the effects of climate change for decades to come.
From its source in mid Wales to its mouth at the Severn Estuary, the River Severn might be the UK’s longest river at 354km, however, occasionally it still needs a helping hand. The River Severn forms part of a large …
For those who follow me on Twitter, you’ll have seen that I’ve spent a lot of time recently supervising our pumping operations in the River Aire washlands in Yorkshire. It’s quite difficult to explain the complexity of the flooding and …
As people will have seen on ITV’s “Britain Underwater” this week, the experience of having your home or business flooded is hugely distressing. The emotional and economic damage cannot be scrubbed away with the mud. This month, I’ve met …
A guest blog from the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management's (CIWEM) Director of Policy, Alastair Chisholm. Floods and dredging When major floods occur, there is a commonly heard call to "dredge the rivers!" as a solution. But is …
Groundwater flooding can happen when the level of the water within rock or soil underground rises, meaning that water seeps through the surface.
Last week, in Lincolnshire, I visited the local Environment Agency incident room where staff work around the clock monitoring weather patterns and river levels so they can warn and inform communities at risk and help coordinate the emergency response. The …
