Main image: Rising sea levels are flagged as a key 'physical impact'
Required Reading: How to gauge flood risk before buying a seafront property
Academics from the universities of Oxford, Coventry & Portsmouth reveal an alarming lack of understanding around flood risks amongst home-movers. 'Once people were shown flood risk maps, their preferences changed decisively,' write Avidesh Seenath, Matthew Blackett & Dan Scott Mahadeo.
Coastal communities may have to move, warns Environment Agency in stark flood risk assessment
'In some cases, the scale of flooding or coastal change may be so significant [that it] may mean potentially moving communities out of harm’s way in the longer term'
Mapped: England’s most vulnerable areas to extreme weather
Insurance firm AXA has worked out which locations are at highest risk of climate change-induced flooding and extreme heat - and calculated the potential costs...
One in ten British homes could be at risk of flooding within 30 years
The proportion of homes and properties at risk of flooding in Kensington & Chelsea is likely to rise from 4% now to 13% within our lifetimes, warns a new report.