UK Warning: Floods as great a threat as terror

Sir Michael warned that the flooding was here to stay: Sir Michael Pitt, Chairman of the South West Strategic Health Authority
 
Flooding in the UK is a threat on the scale of terrorism or an influenza pandemic, according to the author of a report on this summer's floods This year's flooding was so severe because the ground was already heavily saturated. But he warned that this would only get worse in the future, due to changing weather conditions and more frequent rainfall.