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1-10-2022
From Lynne Jones:
Need
to
concentrate
on
this,
they
should
not
be
removing
reservoir
structures
from
water
sources
with
climate
change.
Mothball
yes
for
now
but
walk
away
from
reservoirs
when
there
have
been
none
built
for
decades?
cumbriacrack 29-09-2022
05-10-2022
Report on sudden heavy rainfall event 30-09-2022
[ Dr Mark Roberts for KFAG ]
Comparison of Rainfall Event on 30th September 2022 with other Major Rainfall Events
On
30th
September
a
very
heavy
but
relatively
short
rainfall
event
occurred
over
northern
Cumbria,
and
particularly
over
the
Borrowdale
area.
Significant
flooding
was
experienced
in
Borrowdale,
with
the
BBC
reporting
that one farm lost 58 sheep: Sheep 'swept away' during Borrowdale flash flooding - BBC News
01-10-2022
On
30th
September
a
very
heavy
but
relatively
short
rainfall
event
occurred
over
northern
Cumbria,
and
particularly
over
the
Borrowdale
area.
Significant
flooding
was
experienced
in
Borrowdale,
with
the
BBC
reporting that one farm lost 58 sheep:
01-10-2022
SURVEY from NFF Chief Exec:
An
ex-colleague
of
mine
now
an
academic
at
Queen
Mary
is
running
a
study
looking
at
long-term
targets
for
flood
risk management for England. It’s part of a British Academy fellowship.
Would
you
mind
helping
him
by
completing
an
online
survey?
Should
only
take
10-15
minutes.
Feel
free
to
forward on to others, eg. Other members of staff.
01-10-2022
SURVEY from NFF Chief Exec:
An
ex-colleague
of
mine
now
an
academic
at
Queen
Mary
is
running
a
study
looking
at
long-term
targets
for
flood
risk management for England. It’s part of a British Academy fellowship.
Would
you
mind
helping
him
by
completing
an
online
survey?
Should
only
take
10-15
minutes.
Feel
free
to
forward on to others, eg. Other members of staff.
14-10-2022
FLOOD RISK REDUCTION [
Letter from Rod Donington-Smith to “The Keswick Reminder”
It
is
that
time
of
year
again
when
trees
shed
their
leaves,
many
of
which
become
soggy
and
end
up
clogging
roadside
gutters
and
gullies
(drains).
Often
gullies
cease
to
take
in
water
off
the
road
simply
because
their
grates
are
blocked
by
leaves
and
other
debris
–
a
problem
that
can
often
be
easily
resolved
by
clearing
the
debris
off
the
grates.
It
is
not so easy when gutters are filled with leaves, which will be quickly washed down to replace the ones that have just been removed!
It
is
better
to
identify
and
report
highways
drainage
problems
early,
including
blocked
gullies,
to
Cumbria
CC
using
its
website
www.cumbria.gov.uk
(go
to
Highways
in
the
roads,
travel
parking
section)
or
by
telephoning
0300
303
2992
rather
than
waiting
until
flooding
becomes
a
problem.
Due
to
staff
cuts
the
Council
has
less
staff
to
monitor
its
highway drainage systems so is more important than ever for the public to report problems.
RDS
28-11-2022-11-2022
Multi Agency Group Meeting.
Very
useful
virtual
multi
agency
meeting
earlier
this
week
resulting
in
a
plan
to
meet
up
with
the
council's
engineer
to
tour
our
key
culverts
and
drains.
That
way
the
details
of
surface
water
issues
can
be
passed
onto
the
local
teams who have to maintain them. Keen to make this work so fingers crossed.
Lynne Jones from Facebook KFAG page
16-11-2022-11-2022
NATIONAL
FLOOD
FORUM
AUTUMN
NEWS
LETTER
We
hope
you
enjoy
our
Autumn
2022
Newsletter
with
the
latest
information
on
new
projects,
policy
and
stories from our Flood Action Groups.
16-11-2022
RFCCs … Observations by Siriol Hogg ( From Facebook Group 16th Nov 2022 )
As
you
may
be
aware,
there
are
12
Regional
Flood
And
Coastal
Committees
in
England.
RFCC’s
members
are
drawn
from
the
EA
/or
co-opted
from
Councils.
Having
attended a few RFCC’s, I came to realise that there were almost no Flood Action Group Members on them, or women.
Council
Co-Opted
members
(in
the
short
time
of
their
tenure)
,
cannot
hope
to
learn
all
the
many
myriad
of
strands
relating
to
flooding,
as
It
is
a
huge
learning
curve.
Plus
they
cannot
afford
to
focus
all
their
time
on
one
subject.
Often
FLAG
members
can,
because
they
are
mainly
made
up
of
people
who
have
been
flooded,
and
are
passionate
about the subject.. RFCCs are shadowy authorities, largely unknown to Flood Groups Volunteers.
Maybe a better way of recruiting cannot be found, but meanwhile at least all of the RFCC’s aught to have ONE member from a FLAG ?
09-11-2022 Lynne Jones:
Thirlmere Releases (Additional)
Thanks
to
United
Utilities
for
starting
the
additional
releases
from
Thirlmere
as
the
level
passed
3m.
We
will
need
all
the
storm
space
if
it
is
a
warm
wet
winter.
Doesn't
take
long
for
that
reservoir
to
fill
up.
Drought threats a distant memory.
31-12-2022 Lynne Jones via Facebook:
Thirlmere Releases
United
Utilities
started
making
the
additional
releases
for
some
storm
space
at
noon
today.
Going
to
be
a
tad
wet
over
the
next
few
days
and
into
next
week
but
currently
there
are
no
specific
warnings
for
our
area.
07-01-2023 Lynne Jones via Facebook:
Thirlmere and Rain
Not
much
wriggle
room
left
in
Thirlmere,
just
40cms
tonight
and
that
will
soon
be
gone
I
suspect.
The
Met
Office
promises
another
unsettled
week
ahead
as
a
succession
of
Atlantic
fronts
bring
regular
bouts
of
rainfall/showers,
totals
adding
up
more
over
and
to
the
west
of
the
Pennines
where
the
majority
of
the
coming week’s rainfall will descend.
24-01-2023
Environmental catastrophe in The Lake District
Amazing
response
to
the
latest
film
from
the
Save
Windermere
campaign.
“Our
Fish
are
Dying”
Please
continue
to
share
the
film
across
social
media
as
this
is
the
best
way
to
gain
traction
on
the
video.
The
more
people
that
know
what
happened,
the
better.
We
need
justice
for
all
the
wildlife
that
we
lost
on that day on the Cunsey.
14-01-2023
Missing Environment Agency flood Data.
Information 'could cost lives' - BBC News
Also noticed is that the EA are frantically pumping out
the Somerset levels. I wonder if they have done all
their environmental studies to find out if they might be
causing any damage to any species by protecting
communities? One rule for one?
08-01-2023
GOV.UK Site
Working together adapting to changing climate -
flood and coast.
This project explored how authorities work with
communities
on
future
planning
and
decision-making
to
help
reduce
flood
and
coastal
erosion
risk.
Flood
and Coastal Erosion Risk Management
(FCERM) research reports’ GOV.UK
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half and two-thirds of this reduction.
Resilience
to
flooding
sets
out
that
EA
has
reduced
its
forecast
of
the
number
of
properties
it
will
be
able
to
better
protect
by
2027
from
336,000
to
200,000,
a
reduction
of
40
per
cent.
In
addition,
EA
is
removing
500
of
the
2,000
new
flood
defence
projects
that
were
originally
included
in
the
programme.
This
is
despite
government
doubling
its
capital
funding
in
England
in
the
six
years
to
2027
to
£5.2
billion
to
combat the danger of flooding.
Full article is
here
16-11-2024 NEWS from Environment Agency 2
National News ( The Guardian ) 15-11-2023
Flood protection plans for English homes cut by 40%
Quarter of new flood defence projects will also not go ahead, NAO finds,
as Environment Agency blames cuts on inflation
Link to article is here
16-11-2024 NEWS from Environment Agency 1
National News ( The Telegraph ) 15-11-2023
“More than 200,000 homes in danger as money runs out to fix flood
defences Shortfall of £34m means thousands of properties have been left
at greater risk, says National Audit Office”
Link to article is here
17-10--2
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ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
09-09-2023
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
08-2023
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
The
EA
are
concerned
that
people
are
not
registering
with
their
flood
warning
service
because
of
the
new
Emergency
Alerts
system
which
the
government
rolled
out
a
few
months
ago
-
see
About
Emergency
Alerts
-
GOV.UK
(www.gov.uk)
for
more
information
on
these.
You
really
do
still
need
to
have
access
to
the
flood
warning
system
so
be
sure
your
contact
details
are
correct
and
update
if
necessary.
The
new
system
is
simply
intended
to
be
an
additional
alert
to
warn
of
a
number
of
forms
of
danger
nearby,
such
as
fire,
severe
flooding
or
extreme
weather;
they
apply
to
severe
situations,
and
will
be
based
on
your
location
at
the
time.
This
differs
from
the
EA
flood
alerts
and
warnings
which
you
register
to
receive
based
on
your
home
location
or
place
of
interest.
This
new
system
may
issue
an
Emergency
Alert
in
relation
to
flooding,
but
this
would
be
in
the
case
of
an
extreme
situation
which
corresponds
to
one
of
our
Severe
Flood
Warnings.
The
EA
flood
alert
system
gives
details
way
beyond
the
point
where
there
is
flooding
with
danger
to
life.
As
a
reminder,
a
Flood
Alert
means
that
flooding
is
possible
and
you
should
be
prepared.
A
Flood
Warning
means
that
flooding
is
expected
and
immediate action is required.
About Emergency Alerts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
11-07-2023
National Flood Forum Truste
We
are
looking
for
additional
Trustees
to
join
our
committed
Board.
Our
Trustees
play
a
vital
role
in
driving
forward
the
vision
of
the
Charity,
supporting
the
CEO
and
contributing
to
safeguarding
the
future
of
the
organisation.
ssue
includes
updates
on
NFF
activity,
new
projects,
flood
action
groups
and
the
government
approach
to
sustainable
drainage
systems and a lot more.
If you wish to know more about the role and how to apply … Link here
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Gravel
extraction
started
in
early
October.
By
Environment
Agency R.Greta Fitze park to Greta Bridge.
Gravel extraction finished. Taken 17-10-2023 opposite Pencil Factory
