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Posts about our work managing flood risk and responding to flooding

Advances in flood forecasting - The Environment Agency / Met Office partnership in action

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Environment Agency Chief Executive reviewing flood modelling on screen with colleague from Flood Forecasting Centre

By Philip Duffy, Environment Agency CEO. This week is Flood Action Week, our annual media campaign to raise awareness about how everyone can take action to know their flood risk and prepare.   Today alongside Penny Endersby, Chief Executive of the …

Bedford Ouse Floating Pennywort Project

Floating pennywort before and after at Brampton

My name is Pippa Keynes and I work for the Environment Agency in East Anglia. Part of my job involves managing the Bedford Ouse Floating Pennywort project. This was launched by  Fisheries, biodiversity and geomorphology (FBG colleagues in 2017), and …

Stepping up maintenance to prepare for winter in Essex

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EA officer uses a robot mower to carry out maintenance on an embankment.

David Simpson, from an Essex Field Team explains how Environment Agency preparations for winter begins well ahead of the long nights drawing in.  As the summer was winding down, the Environment Agency was already undertaking important winter readiness actions. It …

Working in partnership to manage surface water flooding

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Surface water flooding is localised and complex. There are currently 3.2 million properties in areas at risk in England. As the September floods have shown, it is a real and growing threat to life, property, infrastructure, and to the economy. …

Spotlight on the field teams working in Hampshire and Sussex to reduce flooding  

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It’s Flood Action Week so we’re showcasing the great work of our field teams in Hampshire and Sussex.   These teams play a vital role reducing the risk of flooding to communities in the south east of England. In Hampshire and …

The Ipswich Tidal Flood Defence Barrier: After six years

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In 2018, the Environment Agency commissioned the Ipswich Tidal Barrier, a critical infrastructure project costing nearly £70 million. Six years on, the Suffolk Asset Performance Team tell us what has happened since. The Ipswich Tidal Barrier consists of a 200-tonne …

River vegetation management in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire - reducing flood risk

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Abigail Ovenden, Asset Management Engagement Advisor, looks at how the Environment Agency reduces flood risk in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire by cutting vegetation. Environment Agency teams (and contractors on our behalf) manage vegetation and weed growth along 2,210 kilometres of Main …

Flood & Coast Excellence Awards 2024: Celebrating Innovation and Collaboration

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This week, the Environment Agency hosted the Flood and Coast Excellence Awards. These celebrate some of the most innovative and impactful flood and coastal erosion risk management projects from across the country writes Caroline Douglass, Environment Agency Executive Director of …