Including 4 closely related terms such as flooding, flood, and increased flooding.
… to pre-industrial levels. The temperature is rising in the UK, with the ten warmest years on record having occurred since 2002 and seven of the ten wettest years having happened since 1998. We’ve already seen increased flooding across the UK, and indeed in Rugby Borough, with many of our rural villages and urban areas experiencing flooding events. It is not just extreme rainfall which will affect…
… the UK, but the Met Office predict that heatwaves in the UK can be expected to happen every other year by 2050 and that winter storms are at least 40% more likely because of climate change. Increasingly frequent heatwaves and flooding will disrupt local farmers impacting food production and severe storms impact our transport networks and cause property damage. THE CHALLENGE 7Climate Change…