People living on the Somerset Levels say they fear a repeat of 2014's floods, following weeks of heavy rain. The Environment Agency (EA) declared a major incident on Wednesday, with many hectares ...

We speak to three people affected by the Somerset Floods in 2014 about the events that made worldwide headlines. James Winslade and his family had farmed on the Somerset Levels for three ...

11 December 2014. Somerset flood spend 'driven by politics', say ... Then and now. Video, 00:00:54 Somerset Levels floods: Then and now. Published. 31 March 2014. 0:54. River dredging starts on ...

Lessons learnt from Somerset floods. by. 22 August 2014. ... The report was based on first-hand accounts given by clergy who were working and living in the Somerset Levels, ... Browse Church and ...

Somerset Levels floods: Cut off - and furious. With parts of Somerset still under water after a month, locals want answers from the Environment Agency. By Philip Johnston 27 January 2014 • 10:35pm .

A Somerset councillor has called on the government to protect the future of the Somerset Levels by designating it as the UK’s newest national landscape. National landscapes were previously known ...

Tell me where to head for mind-expanding, festival-like fun. Get your bearings at Glastonbury Tor, which has views over the Somerset Levels and into the neighbouring counties of Wiltshire and ...

The Army has been deployed to the Somerset Levels, with specialist vehicles brought in to provide relief to villagers cut off by flooding. The county is currently experiencing its most significant ...

BRIDGWATER, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 10: Worker's continue to build flood defences around the home of Sam Notaro in the flooded village of Moorland on the Somerset Levels on February 10, 2014 in ...

In 2014, Somerset suffered unprecedented flooding. ... Chair of the river authority Mike Stanton said the 2014 floods are "unlikely to happen again" as a direct result of what it has done.

The Somerset Levels span an area of around 250 square miles, or 160,000 acres. The majority of this area is below sea level, making the land vulnerable to both tidal and land-based flooding.