The national Environment Agency states that to help avert the damage that is expected to be caused by flooding due to climate change, the UK will have to spend about 1 billion pounds each year. The organization states that building high flood defenses is not the way to win the war against water and that it is foreseen that entire communities might need to have their locations changed when the floods come. Climate change brings with it flooding and other extreme weather events. That is what everyone knows. What is also known is that such events cannot be predicted and they cause unforeseen damage to property and to communities. Since significant flooding is experienced in the UK every year, flooding management has to be looked into because it has an influence on how the damage affects communities and how the flooding carries out its damage. Communities can be left vulnerable when poor strategic decisions like building on flood plains is being carried out. When storm surges occur, erecting coastal defense like sea walls, buffer areas and evacuation plans, can be a sort of protection for towns and cities. Yet, when the flooding is inland due to excessive rainwater, the solutions need to be of a different sort. Due to human activities on water courses which are being altered, the ground now reacts to ground water in unknown ways. But the author believes that artificial intelligence can be used to solve the problem.

Key Takeaways:

• Flood damage, which is an ongoing concern for the UK, can be mitigated by coastal buffers, to some extent.
• A crucial contingency is to have evacuation plans in place, even to the extent of rerouting entire communities.
• The addition of gates in the sewer system can serve to reroute flooding waters, potentially mitigating damage.

“The UK will need to spend £1 billion a year on flood management to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, according to the national Environment Agency.”

Read more: https://theconversation.com/floods-will-cost-the-uk-billions-but-ai-can-help-make-sewers-the-first-defence-116928