Flood forecasting is an incredibly exciting place to be right now with so many innovations designed to give communities better warning if it floods. The work we do can save lives by informing people in advance. I’ve worked in flood …
There are many organisations and people involved in managing flood and coastal risk. That’s a good thing: it's a complicated challenge and by working collaboratively we have access to the skills, resources, networks and expertise we need to do it …
It’s now one year on from Storm Desmond, the first of the storms that brought heavy bands of rain and caused significant flooding last winter. December 2015 was the wettest month for the UK since records began in 1910. Around …
Last December Storm Desmond hammered the UK, putting many of our Monitoring & Forecasting Duty Officers through their paces. Just short of a year later and we’re at the end of our training programme with an additional officers trained across …
Updated guide to flood resilience Having been flooded myself, I know only too well how appalling it can be – being flooded is a life changing experience. I have since supported many people going through the same misery, and everyone …
We’ve put our clocks back an hour and it’s getting dark earlier. It can only mean one thing – winter’s around the corner. For some this can mean cosy nights in and walks in the countryside, but there are various risks …
From being part of the response team during the flood event to inspecting our flood defences and identifying repairs, we’ve been very busy in the months since the devastating flooding caused by Storm Desmond. I’ve been spending a significant amount …
I was in at the start of the Environment Agency – well, actually, years before that, in its earlier life as the water company. Then, as a nervous conservation officer in 1984 (32 years ago), I was handed a typewriter …
I’d been working in the Environment Agency’s Penrith flood resilience team for just six months when Storm Desmond hit. As residents in the area well know, the storm brought more than a month's rain to parts of Cumbria (as well …
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 …
