Thousands of homes protected from flooding

Over the last week, more than 83,000 properties have been protected from flooding by the Environment Agency.

As of Monday 13th January, there were 25 live flood alerts across the country, with minor river flooding impacts possible, but not expected, on Monday and Tuesday in parts of the North of England.

The beginning of the year saw significant river and surface water across large parts of England and 2,600 properties were flooded.

Environment Agency teams are still operating flood defences and basins to manage possible impacts.

The public are reminded to check their flood risk, sign up for free flood warnings and keep up to date with the latest situation.

Dane Broomfield, Flood Duty Manager at the Environment Agency, said: "The work of our dedicated Environment Agency teams has helped to protect more than 83,000 properties during the recent flooding. The total number of properties sadly reported to have flooded is 2,600 and our thoughts are with all those who have been affected.

"The current forecast shows the overall flood risk for England over the next five days is now very low, with some minor river flooding impacts possible, but not expected, on Monday and Tuesday.

"Environment Agency teams will continue to be out on the ground, operating flood defences, taking action to reduce the impact of flooding, issuing flood warnings and supporting those communities affected.

"Our advice remains the same – people should check their flood risk, sign up for free flood warnings and keep up to date with the latest situation as well as following @EnvAgency on X for the latest flood updates."

The lessons learnt from this period of flooding will be fed directly into the new Floods Resilience Taskforce to speed up the development of flood defences and bolster the nation’s resilience to extreme weather.

The Taskforce brings together the Secretary of State and Minister Hardy with representatives from Defra, MHCLG, Home Office, Cabinet Office, the Environment Agency, the Met Office, Local Resilience Forums, Mayoral Offices, emergency responders and the National Farmers Union, among others.

 

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