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Dec
Few are likely to forget the conveyor belt of storms that battered the UK during the winter 2013/2014 and which left the Somerset Levels underwater for weeks. Nor will many more forget the winter of 2015/2016, the wettest on record in some parts of the UK and one of the warmest on record for England and Wales. While thousands in communities across the UK struggled to cope with their homes and livelihoods being damaged by water, the extreme weather conditions have given rise to criticism about the lack of defence communities have against floods. Flood Zones While funding for flood…