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Floods 'as dangerous as terrorism'

Last Modified: 17 Dec 2007
By: Nick Martin

An new independent report by Sir Michael Pitt warns that flooding is as big a threat to Britain as terrorism.

The report's author, Sir Michael Pitt, says Britain was "caught out" by the floods this summer, and the country was fortunate that the impact was not "much more severe". Now he wants a national emergency plan to prevent a repeat.

Gloucestershire and Yorkshire were the areas worst hit in the summer - and people living in parts of the country at risk of floods in the future are advised to to do more to protect their homes.