Flood Alert in East Anglia Rises Concerns about the Future by Barbora Kasparova

East Anglia after the last week's flood alert is out of the main risk now, and many people have returned to their homes during the weekend after the evacuation. The UK Environment Agency warns the inhabitants of affected areas to stay alert, and keep an eye on the current situation. Besides watching the latest news, there is a web site provided, that is updated every 15 minutes, where people can check the flood warnings in their area, or they can contact a flood line (http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/flood/floodwarning/). What are the future prospects in the flood situation? That is, naturally, what people living in the areas are concerned about. What are their chances should the situation repeat or even become more severe (as some still remember the great flood in 1953) considering the climate change and subsequent rising of the sea level. As reported by the BBC News, the government denies allegations it would "sacrifice" the concerned areas to the sea, if the costs of saving them became too high. The Environment Agency, however admits, they are trying to "work with nature rather than against it" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7089652.stm). It is logical the government can only do the possible and fighting the nature is definitely not one of its goals. According to Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), the spending on flood risk management has been doubled over the past ten years, however, financial issue is a human limit to the effort of saving the area.

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by Barbora Kasparova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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