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Flooding across the UK could increase by average 15-35% by year 2080
It comes as communities began to brace for Storm Christoph, with significant rainfall due across large swathes of the UK
Vehicles navigate the flooded Mountsorrel Lane in Leicestershire, as Storm Christoph is set to bring widespread flooding (Image: Jacob King/PA Wire)
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Thursday January 21, 2021, 12:01 AM
A boy stands in floodwater Credit: PA Wire/PA Images
Flooding across the UK could increase by an average of 15-35% by the year 2080, a new study has suggested.
Researchers from the Water Resilient Cities project at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh looked at flooding activity deemed “one in two-year” and “one in 30-year” events for their projections.
This covers the likelihood of a flood event occurring – for example, a one in two-year return period run-off or flood event has a one in two chance of being equalled or exceeded in any given year.
Parts of Scotland face a 34% increase in flooding in the next 50 years, according to the study, but at the other end of the UK, in south-east England, there is just an 18% increase expected.
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