Raw Deal

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About 500 homes were evacuated flooded in Doncaster with More Than 1000 properties in areas affected by The Rising water, including The Village of Fishlake, where residents have complained about the lack of warnings.

So, what are the factors that these floods are so damaging, and they are a foretaste of what The Future might bring? Environment correspondent Matt Mcgrath has the probable causes of the flooding along The Don

we know why Fishlake had so great a flood? There are numerous factors in the game, but basically, Fishlake was caught in a pincer movement, with two rivers, The Don and Ea Beck both burst their banks in an area, the heavily sodden by rain over a period of weeks.

worse still is the fact that Fishlake is built upon what was once a marshy fenland which was drained many years ago is.

"Fishlake is on The Edge of the Large Humber head levels was a massive fenland and large peat-bog up to the 1700s," said Prof Ian Rotherham of the Sheffield Hallam University.

"to 1900, almost completely disappeared. We carried out the landscape and we have built on you. "

where did all the water? It was a dramatic and persistent rain last week with South Yorkshire receive the equivalent of one month of rain in just One Day .

But The Situation was made even worse because, in the opinion of experts, it was to slow down the flow of water in The River Don.

"This water comes from the highlands, which comes from the Peak District, the Pennines," said Prof Rotherham.

"And what we had it is The Massive removal of peat cutting, the landscapes, The Burning of heather moorland and of course the sewers, but keep the water back in the mountains, it shoots electricity down.

"All the way along we have straightened rivers and drained lands in The Flood . The water rushes down. It is not held back, and it pours over the low country and that is what happened here. "

Have installed flood protection in recent years, the problem is shifted together? It is the severe flooding in the Sheffield area in 2007 were back. Two People died and hundreds were evacuated.

In the subsequent period, there has been significant investment in new defence equipment, with six protection regulations in force in The City at a cost of £83m.

- It involved the construction of More Than 60 new flood protection measures along a five-mile stretch of The River Don.

The Environment Agency said that this high-water managed protection, to significantly reduce the impact of last Thursday's flooding.

But objections can only go so far. Too often, the heavy flooding, the weakest point find.

"In Sheffield, the main factories and other areas that were smashed in the year 2007 are now protected," said Prof Rotherham.

"However, if you stay out of the water as they move faster down The River , and they smashed even worse. "

we protect the cities at the expense of the landscape? The environmental authority shall consider any flood protection scheme, in The Light of how it will benefit people and property. Rural areas are not avoided, but in urban areas, in General, more protection is need.

"You could say this is appropriate because there are more people and property in urban areas, so it's not necessarily a bad thing," said Dr. Liz Sharp of the University of Sheffield.

"If you accept, it'll be raining, and we have is not an infinite pot of money, then decisions must be reached about what should be the priorities. "

flood, Some experts say, the rural areas that are getting a Raw Deal at the moment.

- Glass -barriers to use in Keswick, Cumbria, "We don't have enough resources to protect all the people in the rural areas, and that is not really good enough, because these people are just as important as those who live in urban areas," said Prof Hannah Cloke from the University of Reading.

"I think we need to prioritize, everyone, we all have the same rights to protection from flooding wherever we can. "

the government Is the funding for the floods that have an impact? The government say they are already £2 invested. 6bn over Six Years , in More Than 1,000 projects to protect 300,000 homes from flooding and coastal erosion.

But The View among experts is that there is simply not enough in The Right places at The Right time.

"It is the lack of resource in the Environment Agency and the local flood, to oblige the authorities, flood risk analysis, and all of the attention activities," said Prof Cloke.

"So, you really work on a shoestring in certain places. We really need to see that you have the financing, so that they work better together. They are sparse in places, and that can be a problem in the sorting of these problems. "

Another Problem is that financing seems to be the areas that suffer disasters, rather than the areas you need it most.

"Somerset got a huge amount of advertising for the floods in 2013, but compare that with Hull in 2007, where 8,000 homes were flooded, and the latter should be the higher priority," said Dr. Sharp.

"attention should be paid to where the needs are. "

Would have helped dredging of The Don ? The residents in Fishlake say that your situation improves, if The Don was dredged out.

"is It a tidal river here puts you in sand and silt from the Humber, and we have all the water comes from The Hills around Sheffield," Fred Turner , 71, told the BBC.

"At high tide, it is from The Other direction, and Fishlake, in The Middle . "

But many experts say that dredging is not enough.

"It's a good way to move water from point A to point B," says Dr. Liz Sharp of the University of Sheffield.

"But that can cause flooding at B, and this is The Challenge , with flood walls and dredging. They are simply faster in the promotion of water, which is a more modern approach, to create space for the water. "

Dr. Sharp of the Rother Valley Park is the example, where they have converted land once used for mining in a number of lakes, which hold more water when it rains and this has helped to reduce flood threats in Doncaster.

it involved too many agencies? The Environment Agency tends to look after the major rivers there are dozens of, the responsibility for the level of water in the fields, in England. For smaller streams, the local authorities have the responsibility of rule. All of this means that there is some potential for confusion.

"We have different authorities responsible for different parts of flood-and that can be a problem," said Prof Cloke.

"We have seen some steps to work forward since the floods in 2007, with the Met Office and the Environment Agency much more closely, and that the cooperation so far, really valuable. "

warnings in South Yorkshire Were sufficient? The local population in Fishlake have complained that they are told that their properties were safe for hours, before the water rushed in the last week.

But the prediction of the flow of water is very difficult, especially when it comes to local street-level. Often you will not have to have only one form of floods as a threat to rivers, they have also flooded in what is considered to be surface water, where rain water not to seep.

this type of flood, often depends on how much rain falls in a certain place, and to absorb how much the country is able to. In the Fishlake area, there is strong rain for weeks, leading to sodden ground.

Is to overpower Climate Change is likely to be, even The Best of defenses? The physical facts of a warming world mean that the air can now more moisture. This means that downpours are heavier and cause more flooding.

According to the UK Met Office , the amount of rain of a very wet day in the UK has risen by 17% in The Most recent decade (2008-2017) compared to 1961-1990.

There are things we can do to ensure that we adapt to cope with the changes we are seeing now.

"We have early warnings to people out of the way, so you know what to do to protect their homes and businesses," said Hannah Cloke.

"We can retro-fit houses, so they are more resilient in the event of flooding, and if we have To Live on the Flood Plain , if you build it anywhere else, then we can sent it by building on stilts and these properties. "

what we've seen in Yorkshire have a vision of The Future ? "Yes, it is a foretaste of The Future ," said Dr. Liz Sharp.

"It will happen in different places, we must expect that this will happen more often. "

Other experts agree that The Future environment is a challenge.

"We are running behind with Climate Change - we need to accelerate really, if we are going to keep up on the problems to be exacerbated by Climate Change ," Prof Cloke.

"We really do not have The Right infrastructure for the next 25 years, 50 Years , and this is very frightening. "

floods, climate change, intergovernmental panel on climate change

Source of news: bbc.com