Be Aware Flood Dangers

HOMEOWNERS BE MORE AWARE OF FLOOD DANGERS 10th October 2005 • The floods in October 2000 affected 10,000 properties and cost the insurance industry £1.3 billion.• Two million households in the UK are still at risk from flooding.• MORE TH>N flood mapping tool accurately assesses the risk of flood at individual address level. Five years on from the devastating floods in Autumn 2000 which affected more than 10,000 households, MORE TH>N Home and Small Business Insurance urges homeowners and businesses in flood risk areas to prepare for the forthcoming winter months and avoid further flood damage. Insurer MORE TH>N is offering guidance to homeowners and businesses in areas that could be affected by rising water levels. David Pitt, Head of Insurance at MORE TH>N, comments: “The autumn of 2000 was the wettest in the UK for 270 years and led to the damage of 10,000 properties. Many people are still at risk of flood especially as climatic changes take place, so homeowners and businesses must be prepared. If you live in a flood risk area, don't close your eyes and hope for the best, prepare a 'Flood Plan' before the worst happens.” Assessing flood risk accurately is becoming more and more important, with the impact of climate change increasing future flood risk in the UK. The MORE TH>N risk mapping tool has been based on the company’s own geological engineering risk techniques combined with digital terrain mapping, address verification information from Ordnance Survey and a Geographical Information System supplied by ESRI (UK) Ltd.

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