Steve Reed your Priority 5. This, this and this 👇

What is happening X? I graduated! Now officially Dr Mehring. Massive thanks to Hannah Cloke, @DrHG and the very very (still) sadly missed Professor Joanna Clark 🌻💙. In truth, PhD's are a team effort and I had a fabulous team

The introduction of automation of the Flood Warning Service for the coming winter is premature and potentially very risky. What are your hopes, thoughts and concerns? linkedin.com/pulse/flood-wa…

Automating the English flood warning system. A good piece by Dr Phiala Mehring But the reality is current river models are too inaccurate and unstable to provide anything like a reliable service without expert human intervention. Nowhere near ready yet. linkedin.com/pulse/flood-wa…

That is also what we've been hearing at National Flood Forum

Good point!

‘Doing’ flood community engagement: getting the most from flood risk management. One of the RMA members I interviewed for my research reflected, 'I think we often use the word consult when we mean inform' linkedin.com/pulse/doing-fl… National Flood Forum Environment Agency

What is flooding? In the words of flood communities. ‘Nightmare’ is the most frequently used word in this blog. Summarised by one Floodie as “a nightmare that is going to last you probably for the rest of your life”linkedin.com/pulse/what-flo… National Flood Forum Environment Agency FHRC

How do we ensure that living at risk of flooding doesn’t mean that every day is a flood day? By re-imaging how we think about flooding. National Flood Forum Environment Agency linkedin.com/pulse/where-do…

A flood brings a tidal wave of emotion: the stress & anguish of water in your home, sadness at the loss of precious personal belongings, the fear of rain National Flood Forum, Steve Reed, Environment Agency linkedin.com/pulse/beneath-…

The biggest impact of the unprecedented effect is that in the UK we are simply not prepared for the flooding is to come: linkedin.com/pulse/unpreced… National Flood Forum Steve Reed Environment Agency

Emily Quiggin I have very good memories of Dr Phiala Mehring 's tabletop river basin with actual running running water! Very cool.

Flooding isn’t going away. But the waste, both seen and unseen, that it causes doesn’t have to keep piling up National Flood Forum Environment Agency linkedin.com/pulse/what-was…

The last couple of days has seen several communities have flooded again, one phrase repeated across communities is, this is not living, it is existing. Flooded people deserve better than this. Our helpline is available on 01299403055

National Flood Forum are working alongside the Flood Action Group in Ynys-y-bwl to support residents affected by flooding. Watch this powerful video to see more about the ongoing struggles and why we must continue raising awareness and taking action. youtube.com/watch?v=YfnzR4…

What an interesting summary! I am looking forward to more research and community knowledge being fed into this: gov.uk/government/pub…

It’s time to bring strategic, managed retreat into the flood risk management conversation: linkedin.com/pulse/living-f…

My time as a Trustee of the National Flood Forum is topping out, but my association with this fabulous charity will continue. What I learnt, what I have achieved during my time as a trustee is discussed here: linkedin.com/pulse/trustees…. The National Flood Forum