After torrential rains and floods hit many parts of the UK, all water companies have announced lifting of the four month old ban on usage of hosepipe with immediate effect. South East Water, Sutton and East Surrey Water, Veolia Water Central and Veolia Water Southeast were the final four companies to lift the restrictions. The ban which has been in place since April, has finally ended, following the abnormally heavy…

The Environment Agency has warned 104 communities in England and Wales, particularly in north-west England, to be on flood alert, with a month’s rain due to fall in 24 hours, causing disruption in parts of the UK. The heaviest downpours are likely to fall across Lancashire and North Wales into the afternoon, moving up to the far north of England and the south of Scotland by Friday night. Showers along the…

Rain alerts have been stepped up for the weekend in parts of Great Britain, with the Met Office issuing flood warnings in the north-east on Friday and Saturday. Public and civic authorities have been asked to brace for the wettest patch this season as more than 60mm of downpour is expected to cause disruption in areas coming under the amber alert. The weather forecast is so severe on Friday that…

There will be no relief from rains over the coming days for swamped Britain, as the Environment Agency today clamped flood alerts on 35 areas across England and Wales. The severe weather warnings have come after overnight rainfall of up to 50 millimetres across parts of London, East and West Sussex, Surrey and Kent. A flood warning was in place for the River Mole at Charlwood and Hookwood near Gatwick Airport, Surrey. Gemma Plumb, of MeteoGroup,…

As a band of wet weather spreads across the UK, the Environment Agency has issued eight new flood alerts in south-west England, despite the country facing severe drought. The Environment Agency has warned that Rivers Coley, Upper and Lower Axe, Char, Upper and Lower Otter, Taw and Wriggle are likely to break their banks due to a week of heavy rain. In the new flood warning, residents of the areas…