Know Your Flood Risk

A reflective blog by Mary Dhonau on the floods of 2019/2020: knowyourfloodrisk.co.uk/the-floods-of-… @floodmary #flooding

Great to hear @floodmary on @radiohumberside this morning talking about Flood Recovery and offering some very sound advice. You can access the Recovery Guide that Mary referred to here: knowyourfloodrisk.co.uk #Humberside #flooding #floodrecovery

This is the @metoffice February % of monthly average rainfall map. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like it.

I’m not really sure what to say about this. There are some scarily impressive numbers here. But it’s like someone showing you evidence the nightmare is real. Thinking of all those on the receiving end of this rain, and all those doing their utmost to help them.

The way this has been reported makes me sound very harsh ( which is the last thing I am) but the adaptation suggestions are good. BBC News - Storm Dennis: Households 'must get insured and plan for floods' bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-…

The number of new houses built on land at the highest risk of flooding has risen from 9,500 in 2013 to 20,000 in 2017-18." ...How will this look in 20, 30 years? Our predictive dataset can help #floodfutures #floodmap #climatechange linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

We've been following @floodmary's movements this week as she talks to communities affected by #flooding. We've seen her on BBC News, Sky News and also on Radio 4 and LBC. Today she's talking on the #JeremyVine show about #flood resilience & recovery; listen in if you can.

Police now going door to door advising people to leave flood prone areas in #Upton they expect #floods to breach defences later

Water levels are now receding on the West Park flood storage area. It’s designed to prevent #floodrisk to properties in #LongEaton #Derbyshire. Happy to say it’s done it’s job.

The weather might be looking better but sadly flooding continues. There are currently 6 severe flood warnings and 206 flood warnings, please keep an eye on .gov.uk for updates and take care when out and about #StormDennis

"When people are flooded, we give a certain amount of money to help them make their homes flood resilient in the way that they repair it" Flood consultant @floodmary gives @BBCWorldatOne a suggestion for how future insurance policies could work bbc.in/2P22H4o

#floodrecovery guide. Please share ( again 😪)knowyourfloodrisk.co.uk/sites/default/…

England issued with more flood warnings than any day in history as Storm Dennis hits - follow live independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

Timeline for #StormDennis - flood risk will be in phases and across different parts of the Country - upland fast responding catchments first then down into the larger rivers later. Sign up to our free flood warnings now before we reach these arrows gov.uk/sign-up-for-fl…

The two maps showing why I’m concerned about the flood risk from #StormDennis - the first showing how sensitive ground conditions are across the country to the coming rain - the second our impact map. You still have time to sign up to flood warnings here gov.uk/sign-up-for-fl…

Prolonged heavy #rain this morning across parts of south #Wales will lead to severe #flooding Stay #WeatherAware #StormDennis

Dozens of flood alerts and warnings for North Yorkshire as #StormDennis sweeps through: bbc.in/2OUHmtx

This is an extraordinary map of where is beening affected by flooding from #StormDennis. Over 500 live flood warnings and alerts - and I’m afraid more to come - keep close to the detail here …od-warning-information.service.gov.uk/warnings

⚠️⚠️🔴 RED WEATHER WARNING ISSUED 🔴⚠️⚠️ Heavy #rain South #Wales until 11am this morning #StormDennis Stay #WeatherAware

According to the Climate Coalition 1.8m people live in high flood risk areas in the UK, yet a recent survey commissioned by Landmark found that 6 out of 10 people have never checked their home's flood risk dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar… #flooding #floodaware