It does seem the weather is becoming more “Freak” over recent years and it’s also worth noting that this year is an El Nino year which throws things in to chaos anyway. The one thing that seems certain is that over last few years freak weather events have become more common, maybe its natural trends, maybe it’s global warming who knows.

Personally I think the story of whether the government mismanaged things and made the wrong cuts is one for another day, but I what is important now is that we learn to adapt to such situations for the future. We have houses being built in areas prone to flood, these houses should all be built raised up off the ground so if area floods less damage is done.
Also it may sound horrible to say it but maybe some towns and villages will need to be abandoned if the risk of flooding is too high. It seems as humans we always try to fight mother nature instead of adapting to it like other animals do, it doesn’t seem to work for us so maybe we need try another way.

I suspect after this winter lessons will be learnt and investment will go into the areas flooded, the only trouble is what happens when another area suffers same situation?, the money available for this is not endless and somethings will be judged economically rather than emotionally which will leave a fair few people upset and angry. All I can say is a feel for everyone who has been effected and I hope the weather is kinder for the rest of 2016.