Threat of Floods in the UK

Drought- hit areas of England told to prepare for floods
The Guardian                           Friday 27 April 2012

The Guardian article drought-hit-england-floods

People in the southern and east of England have been warned for flooding. April was already a very wet and cold month, but last Wednesday the rain became so heavy that it led to flood warnings and alerts in southern England.

Nick Prebble said that the rain in April was 175 percent more than normal.
Nevertheless environment secretary Caroline Spelman said that the rain would not stop the draught and the water companies did well to install the hose pipe ban.

Because of the draught of two winters the ground is so dry that it can not easily absorb the enormous amounts of water.
Besides the heavy rain there was a strong wind, which felt almost as an orkan and caused a lot of damage.


My opinion

I find it amazing that there can be such a difference in climat, from extreme draught to floods. It would scare me if this happened in our country. I also realize that this is a serious problem for all of us. Climat change has a lot of consequences and we are all responsible for the causes.

 I feel sorry for the British people and I read that the government has to spend more money on revising the outdated drainage system and that the people themselves can "prevent" flooding if they don't pave over their garden.