The government needs to commit to funding flood defences and new schemes aimed at improving community resilience to floods in the forthcoming budget, engineers have said. Commenting on the impact of the latest floods in Yorkshire, Wales and the West Midlands Atkins client director Simon Leek said the current defences…
Environment Agency chief executive James Bevan has called for communities to consider relocating away from areas at risk of continual flooding or coastal erosion. The Environment Agency chief has said that a "twin approach" to dealing with the threat of flooding will need to see homes and towns become more…
As the rain continues to fall across the South West, New Civil Engineer headed to one of the key flood flashpoints at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire to see first hand the impact of storms Ciara and Dennis on communities in the region.
The annual test event for the closure of the Thames Barrier had to be cancelled after high tides forced the Environment Agency to close the flood defence twice within three days.
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