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New £1.2bn supercomputer for Met Office as UK floods.

Former Community Member over 5 years ago

The Met Office is set to get a new £1.2bn supercomputer that it says will help the UK to better prepare for extreme weather events like the current flooding caused by Storm Dennis.
Data from this new supercomputer – which is expected to be the world’s most advanced dedicated solely to weather and climate – will be used to help more accurately predict storms, as well as identify the best locations for flood defenses and predict changes to the global climate.
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/supercomputer-met-office-uk-floods/

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0 Legh Richardson over 5 years ago

Head of the Environment Agency (EA) James Bevan said that new housing should only be built on flood plains if it is immune to flooding.

The problem with this is it pushes the flood plain elsewhere, ie, further down stream.

We need methods of controlling and regulating the water flow after deluges of rains as the flood plains would have operated in past times. Better to design water storage areas to provide for times when there is future drought!

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0 Legh Richardson over 5 years ago

Head of the Environment Agency (EA) James Bevan said that new housing should only be built on flood plains if it is immune to flooding.

The problem with this is it pushes the flood plain elsewhere, ie, further down stream.

We need methods of controlling and regulating the water flow after deluges of rains as the flood plains would have operated in past times. Better to design water storage areas to provide for times when there is future drought!

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