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United Kingdom: Flood defences: George Osborne tackled yesterday's crisis at the cost of today's
2014-02-16 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: There is no excuse. In 2010 the coalition slashed spending on flood defences when it should have gone up. Even last year's increase in flood defence spending was under duress. The insurers, some of the most enlightened big businesses on this issue, have repeatedly warned about the rising claims and losses from climate change-induced extreme weather. A confidential deal struck last June, ahead of the spending review, increased flood defence spending as a payback for the insurance companies continuing...
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British Pig Farmers Call on Govt to Improve Border Defences
2014-02-04 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - The National Pig Association (NPA) is calling on Government to step up defences against African swine fever, which is harmless to humans but fatal to pigs. It wants Britain to increase security at border posts to prevent contaminated meat being carried illegally into the country.
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United Kingdom: Relief as flood defences hold, but the storms aren't over yet
2014-01-05 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As the rain eased over the Dorset coast yesterday, and the last police officers with their loudhailers left the Portland peninsula, the landlady of the Little Ship was happy to have a dry pub to open up. "The police came last night and said there was going to be a 10ft swell and we should move upstairs as soon as we heard the sirens," said Linda Davis, who runs the pub in the village of Chiswell, where there had been plans to evacuate residents last night ahead of an expected tidal surge. "They...
United Kingdom: After the deluge: time to look again at our flood defences
2013-12-06 19:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: In 1953, on the night of 31 January, a massive storm surge raced down the North Sea, overtopping defences along a thousand miles of coastline, and submerging 380 square miles of Britain's broad acres. Three hundred and twenty-six people were killed. Last night an even higher surge struck in very similar circumstances. But it did relatively little damage. The River Tyne burst its banks, a sea wall was breached near Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, and coastal areas of Norfolk witnessed the worst flooding...
United Kingdom: 2.5m Teesside flood defences 'overwhelmed' during downpours
2013-09-08 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Multimillion-pound flood protection schemes on Teesside were "overwhelmed" during torrential downpours on Friday evening, leaving 60 homes inundated. Cleveland fire brigade received nearly 240 calls for help during the flooding, which washed away two cars. Their drivers escaped. Cathy Kelly, owner of the Spa hotel in Saltburn, said she had never known weather like it. "A couple of cars look like they have come off the road and were completely covered by the water," she said. "There were lots...
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