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surface-water flooding
Coverage of surface-water flooding in the Nexus archive.
- Urban areas host 80% of England’s homes at high risk of flooding, study finds
A study by the National Housing Federation reveals 839,000 homes in England's urban areas are at high risk of surface-water flooding, a threefold increase since 2018. Social housing tenants are disproportionately vulnerable to the financial costs of flooding.