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Flood defence walls through London will need to be half a metre higher in the future to protect against climate change, officials said as they marked the 40th anniversary of the Thames Barrier ...
The Environment Agency has assured Londoners that the Thames Barrier continues to operate reliably and effectively as part of the wider flood defence system. It expects the barrier to continue to ...
Peter Borrows from the Environment Agency told BBC News: "London enjoys a very high standard of defence thanks to the Thames Barrier, other barriers and the embankments downstream. "But man's ...
The barrier, officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II, on May 8, 1984, and operated by the Environment Agency, was designed to protect London from flooding until 2030, but the “sleeping giant ...
Environment Agency bosses have said flood defences in Greater Manchester worked 'as required' despite mass flooding in the region leading to a 'major incident' being declared on New Year's Day.
The Environment Agency has warned that hundreds of homes in the Oxford area could flood in the next few hours. River levels in the Thames and its tributaries at New Botley, New Hinksey, North ...
The Environment Agency has assured Londoners that the Thames Barrier continues to operate reliably and effectively as part of the wider flood defence system. It expects the barrier to continue to ...
The barrier, officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II, on May 8, 1984, and operated by the Environment Agency, was designed to protect London from flooding until 2030, but the “sleeping giant ...
Thousands of homes were flooded when the Thames burst its banks in 2014 Tidal flood defences must be raised 15 years earlier than expected as sea levels rise, the Environment Agency says. An ...
The barrier, officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II, on May 8, 1984, and operated by the Environment Agency, was designed to protect London from flooding until 2030, but the “sleeping giant ...
It is 40 years since the late Queen opened the Thames Barrier, which has been closed 221 times to protect the capital from flooding. London’s future flood defences plans as ‘sleeping giant ...
Flood defence walls through London will need to be half a metre higher in the future to protect against climate change, officials said as they marked the 40th anniversary of the Thames Barrier. The ...