Holding back the tide
Recent events in Carlisle, and of course New Orleans, have shown the destructive power of flooding. Andrew Foxwell reports on how the industry is fighting back
The recent tragic loss of human life due to flooding has been accompanied by immense economic destruction, with scores of properties damaged.
In Britain, flash floods in particular have become more frequent, and since the devastation in South-east England in 2000, insurers have realised more advanced ways of predicting them are needed. However, before 2000 effective flood mapping did not exist, which prompted Norwich Union (NU) and Royal & Sun Alliance (RSA) to take the decision to develop their
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