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In England and Wales, the Environment Agency requires a professional Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) to be submitted alongside planning applications in areas that are known to be at risk of flooding (within flood zones 2 or 3) and/ or are greater than 1ha in area, planning permission is not usually granted until the FRA has been accepted by the Environment Agency.
The Flood Forecasting Centre (FFC) is a joint venture between the Environment Agency and the Met Office to provide improved flood risk guidance for England and Wales. The FFC is based in the Operations Centre at the Met Office headquarters in Exeter and is jointly staffed from both organisations.
It provides flood insurance coverage to domestic properties deemed at significant risk of flooding (this is generally defined as more than a 1.3% or 1 in 75 annual probability of flooding). [1] It is estimated that it will ultimately cover the most at risk 2%, or 250,000 homes, though the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy suggest ...
Three flood warnings and more than 30 alerts are in place across England and Scotland as the country’s cold snap has finally come to an end.. As temperatures move above 0C and return to double ...
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The Environment Agency (EA) has issued updated flood warnings for the areas around five main rivers in Devon. The River Avon, Clyst, Lew, Taw and Torridge are being closely monitored due to to ...
The agency provides technical advice on the flood risk assessment that must be submitted with most planning applications in flood risk areas. The agency also runs public awareness campaigns to inform those at risk who may be unaware that they live in an area that is prone to flooding, as well as providing information about what the flood ...
Nottinghamshire County Council said a major incident was declared “due to rising levels along the river Trent” and that residents who live in flood risk areas should be prepared to evacuate ...