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The first phase of Exeter’s £30 million flood defence scheme has begun this week with works to deepen the Trew’s flood relief channel.
People on the coast between Hunstanton Cliffs and Wolferton Creek have just a week left to share their views on its future management.
The Environment Agency is staging a community open morning after passing the halfway point of dredging on the Somerset Moors and Levels.
The Environment Agency will be carrying out annual testing of its flood warning sirens in Grimsby and Cleethorpes next week.
Rocks are being delivered as work starts on the £30m scheme to protect 1,400 properties at Broomhill Sands Coastal Defence Scheme in Kent.
The Environment Agency has dredged 4 km (8 km of river bank) of the Parrett and Tone and is now passing halfway in the dredging operation.
More than 1,400 properties between Camber and Lydd will benefit as work begins on the Broomhill Sands Coastal Defence Scheme in Kent.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Some of the worst floods ever seen in Britain devastated Boscastle and surrounding areas of North Cornwall ten years ago on 16 August, 2004.
The Environment Agency has been out practicing its emergency response to high tides in Kings Lynn this morning (13 August 2014) to ensure staff are familiar with emergency procedures to prevent the town flooding.
High spring tides around the coasts from Monday (11 August) through to Thursday (14 August) bring a risk of wave overtopping and spray
The Environment Agency and the Met Office are warning there is a risk that the remnants of ex-tropical storm Bertha could bring strong winds, waves and heavy rainfall to the South West this weekend.
Low pressure weather system bringing heavier and more intense downpours across England increasing localised flood risk on 10 and 11 August.
Today (Friday 8 August), the Environment Agency will begin investigation work on a flood defence wall in Epney, Gloucestershire.
Public drop-in to be held on Monday 11 August at the Durham Dales Centre
A £4.5 million programme of work is well under way to repair flood defences in Midlands damaged by high tides and river levels during winter.
Environment Agency is inviting local residents and businesses to attend a drop-in to discuss proposals for the Perry Barr and Witton flood scheme.
People are urged to stay tuned to weather and flood risk forecasts on 20 July as bands of heavy rain spread across eastern counties of England.
The public are urged to continue to check weather updates as torrential rainfall will bring heavy showers to parts of England this weekend.
The public are urged to check local weather forecasts as thunderstorms are expected in England, bringing an increased risk of flooding.
The Environment Agency is inviting people living in Keynsham, near Bristol, and Bradford-on-Avon to drop-in surgeries about flooding.
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