CLIMATE CHANGE

Action is needed to limit more damage caused by flooding

Flood damage could double across the UK if action fails to be taken to limit climate change, potentially putting an extra million homes at risk.

Flood damage could double across the UK if action fails to be taken to limit climate change, potentially putting an extra million homes at risk.

As local authorities continue to battle the aftermath of a trio of devastating storms, the committee on climate change warned global warming was expected to ‘increase the frequency and magnitude of severe flooding across the UK'.

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