Nearly half a million households have been warned their insurance premiums could rocket by as much as 30% when the government introduces a revised flood map this year. Sunday Times.

Property Week – 28 January 2008

Environment Agency maps at present show 500,000 homes at high risk of flooding – with a 1 in 75 chance of a flood in any year. However, the new maps, which will include floods caused by poor drainage, could double the number of homes in that category to 1m, according to consultants – full article