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UK towns harness nature to combat rising flood risk
- UK towns near Leicester are reinforcing natural flood management structures to address rising flood risks caused by intense rainfall events.
- Authorities respond to damage from climate change, recognizing that traditional hard infrastructure alone is insufficient amid increasing flood threats.
- Local groups like the Trent Rivers Trust install wooden barriers that create river bends, slowing fast-flowing water and complementing retention basins and canals.
- A recent government report states over 6.3 million UK properties face flood risk, with insurance payouts exceeding £400 million in 2022, and risk expected to rise by 2050.
- This approach suggests combining natural and traditional defenses could better protect communities while promoting biodiversity and adapting to urgent societal flood challenges.
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Innovative rainwater planters installed at Sneinton Market
Nottingham City Council’s Flood Risk Management Team has worked in partnership with the Environment Agency and independent businesses at Sneinton Market to deliver six Sustainable Drainage (SuDS) planters. SuDS planters or ‘downpipe rain planters’ collect and store up to 350 litres of rainwater from the roof. This slows down rainfall to the sewer network, which […]
Here comes the rainscape – Wild Park project takes shape
A major infrastructure scheme using natural processes to protect the city’s drinking water, help reduce flooding and create a new community space is taking shape in Brighton’s Wild Park. Known as a rainscape for its ability to collect rainwater, filter out pollutants and allow it to soak safely into the ground, it is the biggest to be undertaken so far in the city. The project is planting 800 square metres of new reed beds and wetland plants, a…
In a creek near Leicester, in central England, six volunteers in waterproof boots and bibs have actively strengthened the wooden mini-structures designed to combat the growing threat of flooding. The city, like many others in the UK, has experienced several events of intense precipitation in recent years, which [...]
Plantation drive organised in Kiyit to combat recurring floods
MEBO, 11 May: A plantation drive was organised at Kiyit village here in East Siang district on Sunday, aiming to promote ecological conservation and flood mitigation. Over 400 deep-rooted trees were planted along the Kadang River bank as part of the plantation drive organised by the Siyon Sirum group under the […]
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