Flood
Posts about our work managing flood risk and responding to flooding
I can’t believe it’s 20 years since the creation of the Environment Agency! So what was it like to evolve from the National Rivers Authority (NRA) into the EA? Bringing a multitude of waste regulation, air quality and nuclear specialists …
In West Norfolk local communities are working together and contributing to their flood defences in a new, efficient and innovative way. I work in the Flood and Coastal Risk Management team and part of our work is to review how …
We’re all guilty of using jargon from time to time. As someone who has worked in flooding for over 20 years, it’s all too easy to get caught up in technical language and this can often get in the way …
Andy Graham, Head of Community Working Wetlands at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust writes about SuDS for Schools, a project to get children enthused about reducing flood risk. Looking to the future, it’s possible to feel down: more and more …
If you’ve watched movies such as The Cube, The Descent and The Panic Room, or simply spent longer than you’d like in a lift, the feeling of claustrophobia is one you can no doubt relate to. So imagine if it …
This is a guest blog by Simon Lewis, Head of Emergency Planning and Response at the British Red Cross. His team coordinates the charity's emergency planning and response work in the UK, which includes helping those impacted by flooding. If …
Jeremy Walker, chair of the innovative ‘Slowing the Flow’ project in North Yorkshire, explains how a range of land management measures are helping to reduce flood risk in the market town of Pickering. The project, which was officially completed this …
This is a guest blog by Polly Turton, a climate change adaptation consultant based in Arup’s Advanced Technology and Research (AT+R) team in London. It originally appeared on the M&S blog. The British love to talk about the weather. Comedians …
On the day we launch our Flood Action Campaign, John Curtin, the Environment Agency’s Executive Director of Flood and Coastal Risk Management writes about the importance of being #floodaware. In the last month alone we’ve seen the devastating impact that …
The Met Office and Environment Agency are always striving to improve forecasts and warnings and to empower people to make good decisions that protect lives, property and infrastructure. This is particularly important during flooding and other severe weather. It’s now …