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Coastal Flooding That Eclipsed all Others
A combination of high spring tides and Storm Kathleen bringing strong onshore southerly winds, created some unprecedented tidal heights and flooding affecting property across Hampshire, Sussex, the West and North West during the Easter holidays. The event coincided with significant spring tides, anticipated at this time of the year. However, it was the effect of […]
Groundsure Answers the Public…on Flooding
In the next of our “Answer the Public” series, we respond to the hottest search terms that people are asking about flooding and flood risk affecting homes and home buying. The aim is to help with concerns you may have if a flood risk has been identified in one of our reports and what you […]
Natural Flood Management with the Sussex Flow Initiative
On the 16th of January four members of Groundsure joined the Sussex Flow Initiative (SFI) for a day of Hedgerow planting at the Middleton Estate in Westmeston, East Sussex. The SFI, formed in 2012, is an organisation that works with Natural Flood Management to help mitigate and reduce flood risk. Through measures such as leaky […]
Weighing up Contaminated Land risks versus Flooding and Subsidence
As property lawyers will know, contaminated land can give rise to a range of liabilities and unexpected costs, whether they relate to human health, land, buildings, businesses, or the wider environment. The statute that has attracted most attention since it was brought into force over 20 years ago is Part IIA of the Environmental Protection […]
Flooding by Franklin on a Conveyor of Storms
Whether it is the act of naming storms that has brought them to more prominence or the fact that three of them happened in one week, our latest turbulent weather has again publicised and underlined our vulnerabilities from the changing climate. Storm Dudley crossed the north of England and brought high winds and damage to […]
Riders on the storm: Flood forecasting and what can be done
After the wettest February on record, storm Ciara, Dennis and Jorge have caused further damage, flooding and devastation across the UK, this winter. The flooding has already caused widespread travel chaos, left over 3000 homes flooded, forcing thousands more to evacuate, and sadly costing the lives of 5 people. On the 17th of February, there […]
Christmas flooding and its effect on Groundwater
The Friday before Christmas is one of the busiest travel days of the year as hundreds of thousands of people frantically try and return home with bags full of presents and minds full of Christmas cheer. However, this festive season, this annual migration was disrupted because of excessive flooding which hit Sussex and the South […]
Understanding flood risks for property transactions
Here is our latest infographic looking at various flood risks and how they can affect property transaction Click here to take a closer look.