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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