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Station injuly — just one of a number of flood—related incidents last summer. it's a problem which transport for london says has the potential to be catastrophic and, as one scientist told me, it's a problem compounded by increasing population, building and an ageing drainage system. we're putting down concrete, tarmac, all those new houses, all those roofs. that surface water is going to increase anything between 8% and 18% per small development. and you've got to think about where it's going to go. the drain�*s already at well over capacity and just can't deal with it. well, joining me...

Driveways and all of that. so we're trying to work against that by putting in place what we call sustainable drainage. that means that when we introduce new shrubs, new trees into our paving, that actually helps slow down the rainfall, so, there are things we can do. we are also enhancing our pumps and drainage systems so that we can get water away more quickly and keep the infrastructure working. lilli matson, thank you forjoining us on this edition of weather world. one of the biggest storms to hit the uk in 2021 came at the end of november, as storm arwen brought damaging winds of up to 98m...

Water cascades into london's covent garden underground station injuly, just one of a number of flood—related incidents last summer. it's a problem which transport for london says has the potential to be catastrophic, and as one scientist told me, it's a problem compounded by increasing population, building, and an ageing drainage system. we're putting down concrete, tarmac, all those new houses, all those roofs. that surface water is going to increase anything between eight and 18% per small development. and you've got to think about where it's going to go. the drains are already at well ove...

So there are things we can do. we are also enhancing our pumps and drainage system so we can get water away more quickly and keep the infrastructure working. lilli matson, thank you forjoining us on this edition of weather world. one of the biggest storms to hit the uk in 2021 came at the end of november, as storm arwen brought damaging winds of up to 98 mph. falling trees caused widespread disruption, with this one narrowly missing a drinker as it crashed into the back of a pub in wales. tens of thousands of trees came down in the worst affected parts of scotland and north—east england and ...

A problem compounded by increasing population, building, and an ageing drainage system. we are putting down concrete, tarmac, all those new houses, all those roofs. that surface water is going to increase anything between eight and 18% per small development. and you've got to think about where it's going to go. and the drains are already at well over capacity and just can't deal with it. joining me now here at london's southwark station is lilli matson from tfl. lilli, how concerned is tfl about the forecast of more frequent extreme rainfall in a warming world? we're very aware that london's c...