Environment Agency (EA)
The Environment Agency is a non-departmental public body responsible to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Sponsored Public Body responsible to the National Assembly for Wales. Their principal aims are to protect and improve the environment, and to promote sustainable development. They play a central role in delivering the environmental priorities of central government and the Welsh Assembly Government.
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/
Current Whiteley Flood Warnings
Environment Agency Flood Map for Burridge
Managing flood risk has never been more important with over 2.5 million properties in England and Wales at risk from flooding from rivers and the sea. Changes in our climate, such as more severe storms and wetter winters, will increase that risk.
Through flood risk management, we can reduce the probability of flooding from rivers through the management of land, river systems, and flood defences. The EA works to reduce the damage floods can do through effective land use planning, flood warning and emergency responses.
Informing people a flood is about to happen is vital, as it gives them time to prepare. The EA also encourages residents in risk areas to make a flood plan, so that they are ready when the warning comes.
If a flood happens then the EA will work with the police and other emergency services to help or evacuate people. The EA also conducts large-scale flooding exercises to prepare for the worst. The best way to reduce the risk of flood is to focus on ways that work with nature, not against it, such as constructing flood barriers.
2007 Floods
Sir Michael Pitt led a review of the 2007 summer flooding for the Environment Agency that you can read here: The Pitt Review
Details of the Hampshire Flood Plan
Strategic Flood Risk Assessment
The National Flood Forum
This charity provides support and advice to communities and individuals that have been flooded or are at risk of flooding. It is a collective, authoritative voice that aims to influence central and local government and all agencies that manage flood risk.
The forum is run by people who have experienced the trauma, loss and frustration that go with flooding or have first hand experience of supporting the victims of flooding both during and after the event. Flood Forum
Home Insurance and flooding
More information on how the likelihood of flood in your area affects your home insurance. Flooding and Insurance
Last Updated on Wednesday, 07 January 2009 22:39
