More flooding last week in Ottery St Mary.
Devon police urge people to avoid town of Ottery St Mary after flash flooding https://t.co/CnLsF7w6jp— Sky News (@SkyNews) September 9, 2019
This is the scene in Ottery St Mary at the moment. Heavy rain is expected to continue falling until 6pm tonight. Latest here https://t.co/g6zoLitte4 pic.twitter.com/dPSkBmPNKj— Express & Echo (@ExpressandEcho) September 9, 2019
Something to bear in mind, with Aggregate Industries' plans for a quarry on top of the hill above this town.
The Met Office has spoken out about climate change https://t.co/4DcuQ9TP1O— Cornwall LIVE (@CornwallLive) September 18, 2019
The dire warning comes as the Exeter-based national weather forecaster unveils a new tool for predicting extreme weather - and it was published in a new report titled 'UK Climate Projections: Headline Findings', released this month by the Met Office, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affiairs (DEFRA), the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Environment Agency.
It says summers are getting hotter - with "increases in the intensity of heavy summer rainfall events."
"Winters in the UK, for the most recent decade (2009-2018), have been on average 5% wetter than 1981-2010 and 12% wetter than 1961-1990. Summers in the UK have also been wetter, by 11% and 13% respectively."
Britain will see four heatwaves a year and twice as many flash floods by 2070s, Met Office predicts https://t.co/CCyYbx5pHm— The Independent (@Independent) September 16, 2019
