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Community Preparedness Event 9th November 2021 A joint event between Hampshire County Council and the Environment Agency
Welcome and Housekeeping • Erica Chisholm – Emergency Planning and Resilience Team, Hampshire County Council • Welcome • Event Outcomes • Agenda • Mute • Questions in chat • Recording
Opening Remarks Cllr Rob Humby – Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Economy, Transport and Environment
Community
Preparedness
Event
9th November 2021
Flood and Water
Management Team
Vicki Westall
• Flood and Water
Management Act (2010)
• Land Drainage Act (1991)
• Surface Water and
Lead Local Flood Groundwater
• Surface Water Statutory
Authority roles Consultee for Major
and applications
• Ordinary Watercourse
responsibilities Consenting and
Enforcement
• Investigations
• Flood Alleviation Schemes
432 New surface water 582 Flood
management consultations enquiries received
7 Flood alleviation 11 Ordinary watercourse
schemes in consent pre-applications
development
Provided secretariat support for review
of Defra Surface Water Action Plans
55 Section 38 /
278 responses
33 Historic flood 115 Ordinary
information requests
Watercourse consents
23 Surface water
32 Reports of unconsented management pre-applications
works on watercourses
5 Flood alleviation schemes New Flood and Water
Management Strategy developed
in construction
• Local Flood and Water
Management Strategy
• Catchment Plans
• Local Partnership
working
• Catchment Partnerships
Strategic Role • National Strategic
planning
• Regional Flood &
Coastal Committees
• Working with
communities
• Investigations - prioritised
• Funding
• Financial stack up
Community • Advice
Projects • Prepared, Response and
Recovery
• Initial walk arounds
Riparian Responsibilities
Property Level Resilience
• James Holt - Assistant
Highway Manager – Highways
Hampshire HQ (Contract Management)
Winter Service Manager
HighwaysNatural Flood
Management (NFM)
Creating a better place for people and wildlifePitt Review 2008 Flood Risk cannot be managed by simply building ever bigger hard defences Softer approaches such as flood storage offer sustainable ways to manage risk This can compliment and extend the life of traditional defences Creating a better place for people and wildlife
What is Natural Flood Management Protecting, restoring and emulating the natural ‘regulating’ function of catchments by: - Storing rain water and slowing the rate at which it runs off the landscape into rivers - Restoring natural coastal and estuarine processes to reduce wave energy and tidal peaks Creating a better place for people and wildlife
Policy drivers
“A nation ready for, and
resilient to, flooding and
coastal change – today,
tomorrow and to the year
2100”
Creating a better place for people and wildlifeFlood & Coastal Risk Management Creating a better place for people and wildlife
Catchment Based Approach to NFM
Kelp Forest
and Sea
Grass
restoration
Creating a better place for people and wildlifeTypical NFM Diverting high water flows and creating areas to temporarily store water Creating leaky barriers to slow water flow in rivers, streams and ditches Creating a better place for people and wildlife
Typical NFM Increasing tree cover through natural Restoring saltmarsh and mudflats regeneration and planting Creating a better place for people and wildlife
Typical NFM Maintaining crop cover and improving soil structure through regenerative agriculture Creating a better place for people and wildlife
Delivery mechanisms Biodiversity net gain, Carbon net zero offsetting, Carbon Code, Catchment Sensitive Farming, Conservation covenants, development planning, EA asset management and flood risk schemes, England Woodland Creation Offer, Farming in Protected Landscapes, Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS), Farm Clusters, Investment Readiness Fund, Nutrient neutrality, Private investment in natural capital, Water Company National Environment Programme (PR 24), Water Environment Improvement Fund (WEIF) Creating a better place for people and wildlife
Summary Sustainable Multiple benefits Resilient catchments Creating a better place for people and wildlife
Community Preparedness Event How to keep yourself warned and informed Janine Blandford Flood Resilience Team 9 November 2021 Floodline 0345 988 1188 Incident Hotline 0800 80 70 60
Today’s session
• Different sources of flooding
• Check your flood risk
• Keeping warned and informed
• Forward look
• Winter Preparedness in your community
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Different Sources of Flooding
• River flooding
• Coastal flooding
• Groundwater flooding
High Tides in Lymington - 2013
• Surface Water flooding
Floodline 0345 988 1188 Incident Hotline 0800 80 70Gov.UK – Check for Flooding • Check if you are at risk of flooding • Sign up to receive free flood warnings – by phone, email, text message • Visit www.gov.uk/check-flooding • Call Floodline on 0345 988 1188 (24 hour service) • Check the latest river, sea and rainfall levels • View the flood forecast for the next 5 days • Met Office website - www.metoffice.gov.uk Floodline 0345 988 1188 Incident Hotline 0800 80 70 60
Flooding Warning Service
• River and Coastal Flooding - 3 stage Flood Warning Service
Flooding is expected Severe flooding
Flooding is possible
Be prepared Take action Danger to life
Floodline 0345 988 1188 Incident Hotline 0800 80 70Groundwater Flooding - 2 stage Flood Warning Service
Severe Flood Warning
Flood Warning
Hampshire Groundwater Briefing Note
Flood Alert
Flooding is possible
Groundwater is rising
Be prepared Be prepared
Floodline 0345 988 1188 Incident Hotline 0800 80 70 60How you can receive our messages
➢ Briefing Notes ➢ River, Coastal Warnings and
Groundwater Alerts
Email
Phone
Text
Floodline 0345 988 1188 Incident Hotline 0800 80 70 60Groundwater website
https://sites.google.com/view/groundwatergraphs
Floodline 0345 988 1188 Incident Hotline 0800 80 70 60Groundwater website
https://sites.google.com/view/groundwatergraphs
Floodline 0345 988 1188 Incident Hotline 0800 80 70 60Recent Rainfall Floodline 0345 988 1188 Incident Hotline 0800 80 70 60
The forthcoming winter • November - continuation of unsettled weather • Groundwater levels - higher than normal • Wet November and December - Groundwater impacts occurring earlier Floodline 0345 988 1188 Incident Hotline 0800 80 70 60
Who can help you?
• Environment Agency
• Hampshire County Council
• Utilities Company
• Southern Water Services
Kings Somborne - 2014
Floodline 0345 988 1188 Incident Hotline 0800 80 70 60Community Emergency Plans
Plan
Report Prepare
Monitor Engage
Floodline 0345 988 1188 Incident Hotline 0800 80 70 60We’d love your help
• Keep a record of flood impacts in the community
➢ Times
➢ Dates
• Share the information with us so we can improve the
flood warning service that we provide
Floodline 0345 988 1188 Incident Hotline 0800 80 70 60Summary • Visit GOV.UK – www.gov.uk/check-flooding • Follow @EnvAgencySE • Floodline 24-hours - 0345 9881188 (24 Hour Sevice) • Hampshire County Council - www.hants.gov.uk/ • Met Office website - www.metoffice.gov.uk • National Flood Forum www.nationalfloodforum.org.uk Floodline 0345 988 1188 Incident Hotline 0800 80 70 60
Any questions?
janine.blandford@environment-agency.gov.uk
Mobile number – 07594 187674
Floodline 0345 988 1188 Incident Hotline 0800 80 70Met Office Forecasting, Warning and Informing Mark Rogers Met Office Advisor (Civil Contingencies) www.metoffice.gov.uk
The Met Office www.metoffice.gov.uk
The Met Office The Met Office, based in Exeter, is the national meteorological service for the UK. They provide critical weather services and world-leading climate science, helping people and organisations make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. One of their key duties is to warn and inform the public and responders ahead of severe weather www.metoffice.gov.uk
Role of the Met Office Advisor www.metoffice.gov.uk
The role of the Met Office Advisor Local Resilience Forum liaison for anything weather related. Communicate the latest weather forecast and warnings ahead of severe weather. Participate in multi-agency teleconferences Help write and test any weather related plans www.metoffice.gov.uk
Forecasting www.metoffice.gov.uk
Observations www.metoffice.gov.uk
Current Met Office Supercomputer • Cray XC40 Supercomputer • Over 14,000 Trillion calculations per second • Runs weather and climate forecast models. • Provide output which our forecasters and scientists interpret www.metoffice.gov.uk
Future Supercomputer Plans Up to £1.2 billion investment over the next 10 years. Expected financial benefits of up to £13 billion over 10 years, supporting the UKs economic recovery across the UK www.metoffice.gov.uk
Guidance Unit Our Chief Meteorologist looks at our computer’s model output, alongside output from models around the world, to decide on the weather ‘story’ for the next few days. It is their responsibility to issue severe weather warnings. www.metoffice.gov.uk
National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS) www.metoffice.gov.uk
History of NSWWS
The National Severe Weather Warning Service was established in 1988
following the ‘Great Storm’ of October 1987 in which there were 18
deaths, widespread damage to buildings, hundreds of thousands of
homes without power and millions of trees were uprooted or damaged.
wadhursthistorysociety.org
www.metoffice.gov.ukMain Features
Ice
Rain
Snow
Lightning
Wind
Impact and advice
Very Low Low Medium High
Fog
On the whole, day to Some short lived Injuries with danger to Danger to life
applying to ALL SEVERE day activities not disruption to day to day life
WEATHER affected but some
localised, small scale
impacts occur
routines in affected
areas Disruption to day to day
routines and activities.
Prolonged disruption to
day to day routines and
activities
Thunderstorm
Incidents dealt with
A few transport routes under‘ business as Short-term strain on Prolonged strain on
affected. usual' response by emergency responder emergency responders
emergency services organisations. organisations.
Some transport routes
and travel services
Transport routes and
travel services affected.
Transport routes and
travel services affected
Extreme Heat
affected. Longer journey times for a prolonged period.
expected. Some
Some journeys require vehicles and Long travel delays.
longer travel times. passengers stranded. Vehicles and
passengers stranded
.
Up to 7-days ahead
Disruption to some for long periods.
utilities and services.
Disruption to utilities
Damage to buildings and services for a
www.metoffice.gov.uk and property. prolonged period.
Extensive damage to
buildings and property.Locate the tick!
It is very important that you look to see where the
tick is on the matrix. Yellows are not all the same!
✓
✓
Low impacts – no High impacts – risk
major issues? to life?
www.metoffice.gov.ukWarning Impact Assessment
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Location
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Current Conditions
Summ Wint Qui Bus
Time of er er et y
day / year
www.metoffice.gov.ukThe Importance of Warnings • Early heads-up of severe weather • Enables early preparation including putting plans into place • Allows proactive rather than reactive actions www.metoffice.gov.uk
Monitoring forecasts and warnings www.metoffice.gov.uk
Met Office App Key features: • Access 7-day weather forecasts • Personalise your forecasts • Subscribe to push notifications and receive important alerts for weather warnings • UK national weather forecast video • Actual and forecast rainfall animation www.metoffice.gov.uk
Met Office Website
Sign up for email alerts from the Met Office,
including:
• Weather Warnings
• News Releases
• Climate Newsletter
https://service.govdelivery.com/
accounts/UKMETOFFICE/subs
criber/new https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/w
www.metoffice.gov.uk eather/warnings-and-advice/uk-
warningsSite Specific Forecasts www.metoffice.gov.uk www.metoffice.gov.uk
Media www.metoffice.gov.uk
Monitoring Flood Risk www.metoffice.gov.uk
Flood Forecasting Centre
Flood Forecasting Centre (FFC) – Met Office working in cooperation
with the Environment Agency (formed April 2009)
‘The centre forecasts for all natural forms of flooding
- river, surface water, tidal/coastal and groundwater.’
www.metoffice.gov.ukFlood Risk Forecast
https://riverlevels.uk/flood-forecast
Issued daily to highlight the risk from
all sources of flooding in England and
Wales.
www.metoffice.gov.ukStorm Naming www.metoffice.gov.uk
Storm Naming A joint project with Met Éireann (Irish Met Service) and KNMI (Dutch Met Services) www.metoffice.gov.uk
Community Resilience
What does community resilience look like in
Hampshire & IOW?Community Risk Register • Hampshire and the Isle of Wight’s Community Risk Register • To inform people who live and work here what the risks are, and what they can do to prepare themselves • Published 2018, next publication due 2022
The very high risks
What can you do • As households you can be prepared
Communities
Community Emergency Action Plans Sep 2021
Writing a Community Plan • Template available on the Emergency Planning Pages of HCC's Website: Emergency planning | Hampshire County Council (hants.gov.uk) • Support from Emergency Planning Team and LRF partners • Community Resilience Workshops
Hambledon Case Study
East Street 1994 2014
Impacts of flooding
2000/1 Flooding 2013/14 Flooding
• 10,000 sandbags • 20,000 sandbags
(military aid) (community volunteers,
council contractors)
• Properties flooded 120 • Properties flooded 17
• Properties uninhabitable • Properties uninhabitable 1
20
• Insurance claims £799,000
• Cost to village £1.1 millionResource and Financial Impacts
Impact to HFRS 1994 Impact to HFRS 2014
• Pre flooding: • Pre flooding:
• No involvement • Hours invested in education
and guidance
• During flooding:
• During flooding:
• Five week continuous
attendance • Attendance of stakeholder
meetings
• 10 appliances, 5 Land rovers,
16 light portable pumps • Support and safety advice
• Green goddess appliances • Youth education (school & pre
and support personnel/ school visits)
• Estimated cost £309k • Emergency response on
three occasions £6,000Thank you for • fwm@hants.gov.uk
your time • owc@hants.gov.uk
• janine.blandford@environment-agency.gov.uk
• epoffice@hants.gov.uk
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