Early Flood Warnings

Thousands of people whose homes were flooded last summer were not warned early enough, a report has said.
The Environment Agency makes 33 recommendations and concludes it responded well to the emergency.

But it adds that 35,000 homes and businesses were not covered by an early warning system and that more money should be spent on urban drainage.

The worst of the floods - estimated to have cost £3bn - hit Yorkshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.

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