Significant surface water flooding is probable across parts of England today due to heavy showers and thunderstorms.

Recent dry conditions mean the ground is hard and compacted, increasing flood risk.

Find out more and check your flood risk here: environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2022/08/17/env…

HEADS UP: we’ve now moved to ‘Amber’ for the storms in the SE today as the impacts could be more significant if you catch one of the storms - all our real-time flood warnings here ⚠️ check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk

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Heavy thundery rain on parched & hard ground will lead to rapid run off and heightened flood risk this week. But - this will in no way correct weeks of dry weather so most of England will remain in drought. So we are in that twilight zone of having both flood & drought warnings…

Quick high level update to the media and a check in on our local EA teams aerating a low oxygen lake following the National Drought Group - my update 7 mins in here bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… - I’ll share the detailed drought assessment later #TeamEA #drought

From today the following regions will move into drought status:

- Devon and Cornwall
- Solent and South Downs
- Kent and South London
- Herts and North London
- East Anglia
- Thames
- Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
- East Midlands

Read more: gov.uk/government/new…

1/ This is the Otter Estuary in Devon - for over 200 years the habitat has been squeezed - here’s a thread on our fantastic work to open it up, create 55ha of salt marsh & add natural flood protection. Oh & the story of a rather strange 1920s mini aqueduct 🧵 #geographyteacher …

The Environment Agency is taking action during the dry weather to protect water supplies and the environment.
environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2022/08/05/env…

.Emma Howard Boyd Environment Agency is right to make the case for climate resilience to be embedded across the economy and government departments, following a exploration of the benefits of ambitious adaptation policy and a review of the impacts of inaction.
ft.com/content/84bf58…

Following disruption from #heatwaves and heightened #drought risk due to #climatechange here’s my letter in today’s Financial Times about climate resilience and the UK #economy . #climateemergency #climateadaptation

Here's my letter to The The New Statesman about #climateresilience following Andrew Marr's article about #climatechange and last week's 40°C #heatwave .

newstatesman.com/politics/2022/…

Following last week's 40°C #heatwave when transport infrastructure buckled and London Fire Brigade experienced their busiest day since since World War II, I've written for the National Preparedness Commission on the #climateemergency and the #RacetoResilience in the UK: bit.ly/3RZP0Sp

We need courts to impose much higher fines. Investors should no longer see England’s water monopolies as a one-way bet. 5/5

The amount a company can be fined for environmental crimes is unlimited but fines currently handed down by the courts often amount to less than a Chief Executive’s salary. 4/5

Company directors let this happen. We plan to make it too painful for them to continue like this. 3/5