http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Tue, 21 May 2013 06:54:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/14/record-rainfall-will-increase-subsidence-risk-this-year/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/14/record-rainfall-will-increase-subsidence-risk-this-year/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:08:19 +0000 Alex Johnson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=32534 Since 2001 there have been more than 220,000 cases of subsidence in the UK]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/14/record-rainfall-will-increase-subsidence-risk-this-year/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/15/earth-science-week-the-fight-against-flooding-in-manila/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/15/earth-science-week-the-fight-against-flooding-in-manila/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:00:04 +0000 Emma Wigley http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=29111 The last time I wrote a blog for The Independent I was sat on a sagging mattress in a dingy, damp hotel room in Metro Manila, eating a dubious pot noodle (the restaurants were closed), and hoping against hope that the internet might just hold up just long enough for me to file my copy – it didn’t of course, and I had to dictate it all over a crackly phone line which took infinitely longer than it should have done. It was August 7th 2012, the day a tropical monsoon downpour caused devastating flooding in the densely-populated city, which affected more than 1.2 million people.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/15/earth-science-week-the-fight-against-flooding-in-manila/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/02/why-poor-people-are-more-likely-to-suffer-from-floods/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/02/why-poor-people-are-more-likely-to-suffer-from-floods/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 08:33:12 +0000 Alex Johnson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=28831 Vulnerability to flooding is about social context, not just physical environment]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/02/why-poor-people-are-more-likely-to-suffer-from-floods/feed/ 9 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/14/how-to-cope-with-flooding/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/14/how-to-cope-with-flooding/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:12:02 +0000 Alex Johnson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25276 Flood damage causes an average of £17,000 worth of damage per incident]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/14/how-to-cope-with-flooding/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/28/annual-flooding-losses-set-to-reach-1bn/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/28/annual-flooding-losses-set-to-reach-1bn/#comments Mon, 28 May 2012 08:18:42 +0000 Alex Johnson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=24699 Homeowners may be unable to obtain flood insurance]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/28/annual-flooding-losses-set-to-reach-1bn/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/17/online-house-hunter-flood-warning/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/17/online-house-hunter-flood-warning/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:18:59 +0000 Alan Cleaver http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=20480 Have you checked if your potential new home his at risk from flooding - or other environmental disasters. And if there is a risk, what can you do about it? Our Online House Hunter rounds-up the websites that can help.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/17/online-house-hunter-flood-warning/feed/ 3