Thread: Floods: Over A Month's Rain In 24 Hours
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Old 08-12-2015, 08:16   #19
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Re: Floods: Over A Month's Rain In 24 Hours
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Originally Posted by rhyds View Post
As mentioned, when you have 300mm/12"+ rainfall in 24 hours its going to cause issues, no matter how much you try and sort it. That water has to go somewhere.

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The big problem is that thanks to the planning system, its a lot easier to build on a floodplain than on the sacred green belt.
quite agree but if they continue to do so they should make them ( the building companies ) responsible for flood costs

or make them floatable
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