๐ง๏ธ UK winters are wetter & rainfall more intense, increasing #flood risk. This week we explore how climate change affects flooding, communities, and ways to build resilience. ๐๐ก๏ธ
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#ClimateChange #FloodAware #UKFlooding
Storm Chandra in pictures as UK and Ireland lashed with heavy rain and strong winds ๐ช๏ธ #StormChandra #ukstorm #stormwarning #ukflooding news.sky.com/story/storm-...
๐๐ฌ๐ง"January rain records set as UK hit by power cuts, travel chaos and โhorrendousโ flooding" #UKFlooding
#StormChandra
Storm Claudia latest: Major incident declared due to severe flooding ๐ช๏ธ #stormclaudia #ukflooding #ukstorm #majorincident news.sky.com/story/storm-...
๐ Whether you agree on the cause, itโs clear our climate is changing and itโs already affecting how we experience #floods, #storms and extreme weather.
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#ClimateChange #FloodAwareness #UKFlooding #ClimateResilience
Learn more about how a changing climate affects us and what we can do to build resilience โก๏ธ thefloodhub.co.uk/am-i-at-risk...
#FloodAwareness #UKFlooding #ClimateResilience #ExtremeWeather
Exploring King's Lynn. That small plaque marks the high tide level 5Dec 2013 #UKflooding
Storm Warning Issued for England: Flood and Travel Alerts
#UKWeather #StormWarning #FloodAlert #ThunderstormUK #MetOfficeAlert #TravelDisruption #LondonWeather #SevereWeather #WeatherUpdate #UKFlooding
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A key example is the #Boscastle flood (#Cornwall, August 2004). After a dry spell, a monthโs rain fell in 2 hours, overwhelming the village. It shows how flash flooding can happen even in summer.
#FlashFlooding #ClimateChange #FloodAwareness #UKFlooding #ClimateResilience
For a link to the Environment Agencyโs flood risk map to check your risk, click here: thefloodhub.co.uk/am-i-at-risk/
#ClimateChange #FloodAwareness #UKFlooding #ClimateResilience
Climate change is leading to more frequent and intense rainfall, rising sea levels, and more extreme storms, all of which contribute to increased flood risk and erosion.
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#ClimateChange #FloodAwareness #UKFlooding #ClimateResilience
In the UK, winters are getting wetter as rainfall is becoming more intense and weโre seeing more extreme weather events. These changes are already affecting #flood risk and thatโs something we canโt ignore.
#ClimateChange #FloodAwareness #UKFlooding #ClimateResilience
๐ Whether you agree on the cause, itโs clear our climate is changing and itโs already affecting how we experience #floods, #storms and extreme weather.
thefloodhub.co.uk/ks2-climate-...
#FloodAwareness #UKFlooding #ClimateResilience
Will anyone miss a council #flood committee? On its first day in charge of #Lincolnshire County Council #ReformUK abolished one of the authority's most important and powerful committees.
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#ukflooding #DisasterRiskReduction #CommunityResilience #preparedness
Government warned it is setting country up for 'disaster' unless it better prepares UK for heavy flooding and intense heat ๐ฌ๐ง #ClimateEmergency #heavyflooding #UKdisaster #UKflooding news.sky.com/story/govern...
Fresh amber warning for rain as Met Office issues alerts for much of UK ๐ฌ๐ง #ukweather #ukamberwarning #climatechange #ukflooding news.sky.com/story/rain-a...
UK weather latest: Major incident declared in Leicestershire as hundreds call 999 and 17 rescued from floods ๐ช๏ธ #atlanticcyclone #ukflooding #climatechange #ukweather news.sky.com/story/uk-wea...
UK weather latest: Flood warnings as UK set to be battered by wind and rain; advice issued to New Year's Day swimmers ๐ฌ๐ง #ukstorm #ukweather #ukflooding #severeweather news.sky.com/story/uk-wea...
Ably assisted by Pye during boat checks this morning. We removed a large branch caught under the stern of a boat, but other than that, 100+ boats are doing well in these flooded conditions. ๐โโฌ๏ธ #Thames #abingdon #flooding #Caturday #ukflooding #cats #catsofbluesky #catswithjobs
Storm Conall brings heavy rain as it hits UK ๐ช๏ธ #StormConall #ukstorm #ukflooding #netherlandsstormwarning news.sky.com/story/third-...
Here, on the upper #Thames, it takes two days for the river level to react to rainfall. We flooded this morning. #stormbert #Abingdon #UKFlooding ##UKWeather
Screen grab of water level reading from Bradford on Avon showing the height the river got to during November 2024- 3.51m. The curve now heads down again.
River levels now falling although itโs still only just under the prior highest recorded levels this recording station, which was Dec 2013, and was beaten this time around at 3.51m. Image taken from here: check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/station/3016 #bradfordOnAvon #ukFlooding
View of Bradford on Avon bridge with the arches filly submerged by flood water
Update from #bradfordOnAvon #UKFlooding
Storm Bert latest: Major disruption on railways as UK heads back to work; hundreds of flood warnings and alerts in place ๐ช๏ธ #StormBert #ukflooding #climatechange #ukfloodwarning news.sky.com/story/storm-...
Reduced fares on @FGW #StagecoachSW supporting devastated communities #UKflooding #Devon #cornwallstorm http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/dawlishfares #GivingBack