MPs call for review of Environment Agency flood failings in England
by Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#6FXG1)
Derbyshire and South Yorkshire MPs say agency not up to the task' after people received warnings too late
MPs in areas of England worst hit by Storm Babet have called for a review of Environment Agency (EA) failings after reporting that some residents received flood alerts only after their homes were flooded.
Toby Perkins, the Labour MP for Chesterfield, said some people at Tapton Terrace in the Derbyshire town, where 83-year-old Maureen Gilbert was found dead in flood water, received a phone call from the early warning system only after their houses had been deluged.
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