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Housebuilding ban on floodplains isn’t enough – flood-prone communities should take back control

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27 February 20205 March 2020

Climate change has made some types of floods more likely. In a recent post for The Conversation, Professor Hannah Cloke writes that people should be empowered to prepare for the…Read More >

Climate change: six positive news stories from 2019

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6 January 202024 April 2023

Extreme weather events may be becoming more frequent, but at least we’re getting better at forecasting them. Professor Hannah Cloke contributes to a round-up of some good news stories about…Read More >

Flash flooding is a serious threat in the UK – here’s how scientists are tackling its prediction

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7 December 201929 January 2020

Linda Speight co-authors a new piece for The Conversation on recent research which means that a step-change in flash flood forecasting is now possible.

Why flooding is still so difficult to predict and prepare for

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14 November 2019

Reading hydrologist Professor Hannah Cloke writes for The Conversation on why floods are such difficult beasts to pin down, despite the efforts of the brightest scientists and supercomputers.

Britain is in the middle of a drought – so how come there’s flooding?

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12 June 201914 March 2023

Flooding expert Professor Hannah Cloke puts the recent heavy rain across the UK in context and gives her top tips for future flood preparedness in a new post for The…Read More >

Before Idai

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5 April 201915 November 2021

A day before Cyclone Idai hit the coast of Mozambique last month, humanitarian aid – clean water, blankets, emergency shelter – had already been put in place. Dr Liz Stephens…Read More >

Before Idai

Before the flood

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15 November 201716 August 2022

We’ve all seen news footage of the devastation that flooding can cause – buildings smashed to driftwood, crops destroyed and people huddled on rooftops in a brown sea of floodwater….Read More >

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