Including the closely related terms flooding, and flood.
… on the need for rapid action. At a more local level residents and businesses are seeing more frequent flash flooding, travel disruption, health impacts from poor air quality and extreme heat episodes in the summer. Councils are well placed to play a key role at local level in responding to the growing public concerns about the environment and issues such as climate change. Councils can help…
… by the CCC in 2016. It outlined risks to the UK in six key areas: ● Flooding and coastal change risks to communities, businesses and infrastructure; ● Risks to health, well-being and productivity from higher temperatures; ● Risks of water deficits in public water supply, and for agriculture, energy generation and industry, with impacts on freshwater ecology; ● Risks to natural capital…