From Communications and Management for Sustainability (CMS) A relentless sequence of storms, record rainfall and sustained very high river flows in parts of the UK meant that December was an extraordinary month in both meteorological and hydrological terms, with wet conditions across the north contributed to the wettest calendar month on record for the UK… Read more »
Discussion on floods – Radio 5 Live – Thursday 7th January 2016 – features Jillian Labadz of NTU Brackenhurst
Peter Allen holding a discussion of the floods on Radio 5 Live, with an audience and panel including Government Floods Envoy Robert Goodwill MP (on the telephone, he was not in the room with the audience) York and Leeds City Council leaders (Judith Blake and Chris Steward) Shadow Floods Minister Alex Cunningham MP Architect Robert… Read more »
EFRA Committee Interview the Environment Agency
Scope of the inquiry – This one-off session was organised in response to Storm Desmond in early December. The first panel comprises of representatives from Cumbria. Since then, Storms Eva and Frank have brought flooding to Yorkshire and Lancashire as well as continued flooding to Cumbria. The second panel with the Environment Agency looks at flooding… Read more »
Pickering’s natural flood management scheme works
How a town in Yorkshire worked with nature to stay dry One notorious Yorkshire flood blackspot was celebrating staying dry – despite having been refused a multimillion pound defence scheme. They built 167 leaky dams of logs and branches – which let normal flows through but restrict and slow down high ones – in the… Read more »
Experts criticise George Osborne over flood protection funding
Tories promised £400m a year investment on flood defences but data shows spending was cut sharply at start of last parliament George Osborne has been accused of jeopardising Britain’s crumbling flood defences over the past five years by prioritising cuts to the deficit, and has also been warned that infrastructure spending may need to rise… Read more »
Paul Cobbing – Chief Executive, National Flood Forum on Radio 4 PM
Paul’s interview on 29th December 2015 with Eddie Mair – during the flooding in Cumbria and Yorkshire. He describes types of flood defences and how important the community’s knowledge is when designing flood management solutions.
10 measures that must be taken to prevent more flooding in the future
1. Introduce better flood warning systems 2. Modify homes and businesses to help them withstand floods 3. Construct buildings above flood levels 4. Tackle climate change 5. Increase spending on flood defences 6. Protect wetlands and introduce plant trees strategically 7. Restore rivers to their natural courses 8. Introduce water storage areas 9. Improve soil… Read more »
Labour calls for long-term flood protection plan devoid of politics
John McDonnell has challenged the government to agree to a bipartisan long-term plan on flood protection, as Conservatives struggled to respond to accusations that they slashed the budget for defences in the last parliament. Read more
Flood defences row: UK paying price for David Cameron’s broken promises
Prime minister said in 2014 lessons would be learned, but latest floods show he has continued to ignore red flag after red flag Read more
CIWEM/National Flood Forum Conference 2015
Tim Farr (Chair), Jacky Huson, James Parker, Jillian Labadz (Nottingham Trent University lecturer) and Josh Wells (NTU PhD student) attended the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)/NFF conference this year on December 2nd in London at the hastily rearranged venue of Cavendish Conference Centre. The conference was attended by around 150 people drawn… Read more »
