The Courier has just published an article on the flooding which affected so much of Scotland and North East England. Check it out here.

Thankfully Freuchie only had about 26mm of rainfall, most of which was light, over the weekend.

The Environment Agency in England has urged a doubling of funding for flood management funding after a report reveals that 1 in 6 homes are at risk from flooding, with more and more homes adding to this statistic as global warming becomes more and more significant.

Full story on the BBC website.

Flooding might not be such a big problem in Scotland, but it does show that a increase in funding and resources targeted at dealing with flooding must also happen throughout Scotland.

An interesting flood fact is £1 spent on flood management saves £7 in clean-up costs. Seems a bit of a no brainer in sheer financial terms even before we start to consider the people issues and the impact on business.

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60mm of rainfall overnight has seen areas of England and Wales affected by flooding. Our hearts goes out to the communities affected by this latest tragedy. We hope a minimal amount of business and homes are wrecked by the flood waters. More information can be found at this BBC news article.

This should be a timely reminder that rainfall events such as we saw last summer in Freuchie are now part of the norm. Let us all redouble of efforts in the campaign to improve flood prevention and protection for Freuchie.

As a starting point, you may like to come along to the public consultation meeting next week, which has been organised by FFAG and Freuchie Community Council. We’ve added another speaker to the evening!

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