Over the last few months many counties across the UK have suffered with some horrific flash flooding.

This has led to businesses being forced to close, properties being damaged & many people being forced to evacuate their homes until the water has cleared. In 2020 it was recorded as the fifth wettest year and the third warmest, posing the question – Is climate change affecting the amount of flood events we see in the UK.

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The Facts

With increased rainfall, sunshine and temperatures soaring this shows us that the weather is not as consistent as it once was. In 2020 it was recorded to be the third warmest, the fifth wettest and eight sunniest on record scientists said in the latest UK State of the Climate report. No other year has been in the top 10 on all three criteria.

The UK has become hotter, sunnier, and rainier:

  • 2020 was the third warmest UK year since 1884; all the years in the top 10 are since 2002

  • Last year was one of the least snowy on record; any snow mainly affected upland and northern areas

  • Spring 2020 was the UK’s sunniest on record, and sunnier than most UK summers.

  • 2020 was the UK’s fifth wettest year; six of the 10 wettest years have been since 1998

Scientists warned the UK Government that worse extreme weather is round the corner if we fail to curb the carbon emissions.

state of climate

Met Office Annual Report – State of UK Climate in 2020

The Future

Sir James Bevan, the head of the Environment Agency, said there are more than five million homes at risk of flooding in England – and “that risk is rising as the climate changes”.

“We can’t remove the risk but we can reduce it,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

He said the EA’s thinking needs to change faster than the climate, and their new strategy is not only about preventing floods, but also making communities more resilient to flooding when it does happen so that it does less damage.

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