Floods: Warnings
Commons · Question 94685 · Tabled 26 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s commitment to improve national flood forecasting, (a) what assessment she has made of the performance of the new flood warning system during Storm Cl
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 3 Dec 2025
During Storm Claudia, the Environment Agency (EA) sent more than 130 flood warnings and 270 flood alerts. These reached people through text (315,000 messages), email (350,000), and automated calls (225,000). The Floodline recorded information service also...