Posts about our work managing flood risk and responding to flooding
Northumberland County Council speak about the partnership approach to the £26m Morpeth Flood Alleviation Scheme and how their £12 million contribution has helped deliver the ambitious project. It’s the first time a major scheme to reduce the risk of flooding …
In this guest blog Christina Worsley from not-for-profit environmental charity Newground CIC writes about people's misconceptions about flood risk and how people can better protect themselves. At Newground I work with individuals, communities and businesses across Lancashire to help them to manage …
Mike Still, Managing Director, Client Service at Marsh, Chairman of Business in the Community’s Business Emergency Resilience Group and The Prince’s Business Ambassador to Scotland, writes in time for winter about a business led-approach that might just help a business …
In this blog, flood risk management engineer Rebecca Sharpe writes about why her role is rewarding and says girls and boys should be encouraged to get into engineering. I am a flood risk management engineer, working in Asset Performance. I’m …
My name’s Andrew Usborne, I'm the project manager for the Ipswich Flood Defence scheme, a multi million pound flood project to upgrade Ipswich’s flood defences. Ipswich is one of the oldest towns in England. Dating back to the seventh century, …
It’s almost a year since we announced a six-year £2.3 billion flood defence programme to provide better protection for more than 300,000 properties around the country. In that time, we’ve made great progress. The financial security that £370 million a …
This is my last blog post as Chief Executive of the Environment Agency. It has been a great privilege to lead such a capable and committed organisation working to protect and improve the environment for people and wildlife. I am …
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 …
For the last 17 years the Environment Agency has used lasers to map and scan the English landscape from above to help us carry out work such as flood modelling and tracking changing coastal habitats. This month, for the first …
Our work on the River Thames Scheme (Datchet to Teddington) is progressing well. We’re keeping up the pressure to build this important scheme. Our customers living and working in the 15,000 homes and businesses in the flood risk areas between …
