Environment Agency reports 12 months on since the summer floods

Nearly 12 months on since unprecedented rainfall led to widespread flooding in England and parts of Wales, the Environment Agency has completed 34 flood defences to increase protection to more than 30,000 homes and signed up 73,000 more people to its free flood warning service.

The Environment Agency has also:

Inspected 8500km of flood defences and spent £5m on repairing those few that were damaged, including in Upton, Sedgeberrow and Grimsby Worked with Local Resilience Forums in areas where surface water flooding happened, such as Sheffield, Hull and Doncaster, to help people better prepare for flooding Spent £125m on investigations and maintenance along main rivers, including CCTV surveys along rivers in Gloucester to check for and clear blockages.

The recently

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