Figures released by the Environment Agency in June suggest that around 11.3 million people in England live in areas at risk of flooding.
That figure is projected to vastly increase by 2050 – particularly in London and areas of South East England.
The government has today announced plans to protect an extra 200,000 homes from flooding across England – amid warnings that our changing climate is leading to more cases of ‘weather whiplash’, with droughts and floods occurring in close proximity.