As Severn Trent’s £76 million Mansfield project to reduce flooding by turning to nature continues, the company will be creating detention basins on the Oak Tree Estate in the town.

Network Rail has today announced the start of its five-year, £45.4 billion rail improvement plan which includes around £2.8 billion in activities and technology that will help it better cope with extreme weather and climate change over the five years to 2029.

CIWEM has issued a new Sustainable Drainage Position Statement which is calling for no loss of government commitment and greater leadership on SuDS.

Scottish Water is harnessing nature based solutions to help reduce flooding in communities during extreme rainfall caused by climate change on a range of pilot projects across Scotland.

The Met Office has issued a series of warnings this morning saying that wet and windy weather will continue through much of this week.

The London Climate Resilience Review is warning that London and UK are “underprepared” for climate change impacts like flooding and extreme heat and that London faces “lethal risk”.

The National Audit Office (NAO) is warning that the government is underprepared for extreme weather events, such as severe floods, which have the potential to cause significant disruption to the country.

A new United Nations report is warning that drastic changes are approaching with risk tipping points that threaten irreversible impacts on people and planets.

Southern Water has been working with a number organisations, including the Environment Agency, Fire Service and Local Councils, to limit the impacts of widespread flooding in East Sussex and Hastings.

Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey has said that the recent floods caused by Storm Babet were exacerbated by the impacts of rain coming from the opposite direction.