More home and business will need double the protection
Two new reports from the Environment Agency today show that 1 in 6 homes in England are at risk of flooding and that investment in the building and maintaining of flood defences will need to almost double to £1bn a year by 2035, as reported on Friday.
One in six homes in England is currently at risk of flooding from rivers, the sea, or surface water from overflowing drains
More than five million people currently live and work in 2.4 million properties at risk from rivers or the sea - 490,000 of which have a significant chance of flooding. This figure would rise to 840,000 by 2035 if future investment is maintained at existing levels
An additional 2.8 million properties are currently at risk of flooding from surface water. An additional £150m a year by 2035 will be required to help mitigate this risk
55% of water treatment works and pumping stations, 14% of electricity infrastructure, 2,358 schools and 2,363 doctors' surgeries in England are situated in flood risk areas, along with some 4,000km of roads and 2,500km of railway.
Regions ranked by the number of properties at significant risk of flooding from rivers or the sea
- South East England Region 111,356
- South West Region 86,178
- East Midlands Region 81,096
- Yorkshire & Humber Region 65,380
- Greater London Authority 40,412
- East of England Region 33,050
- North West Region 28,941
- West Midlands Region 19,173
- North East Region 19,167
- Total 484,753
Top ten local areas with the highest number of properties in areas with a significant chance of flooding from rivers or the sea
- Boston District 23,700
- North Somerset 20,415
- East Lindsey District 14,949
- Windsor and Maidenhead 11,477
- City of Kingston upon Hull 9,825
- Shepway District 9,065
- Sedgemoor District 8,092
- East Riding of Yorkshire 7,513
- Runnymede District 7,007
- Warrington 6,533
