Warnings of flooding

I recently attended a meeting of the North West Region area group for flood prevention held at the Environment Agency in Warrington.

One item that readers might like to comment upon is how residents should be warned of possible flooding. One strategy that has been tried by the E.A. is the use of local radio. On recently learning from the Met Office that there was to be heavy rain in the area which could possibly cause flooding the Director of the E.A. contacted local radio stations in the area to let them know of this. However, once they learned that there was to be no major flooding (as happened last summer in Hull and Gloucester) not one single station gave the warning.