Article ZD51 Environment Agency chief urges creative thinking on flood defences

Environment Agency chief urges creative thinking on flood defences

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Sir James Bevan says extreme weather shows change in rain cycles and simply making barriers higher is shortsighted

Higher flood defences will not be enough to deal with storms battering Britain, and communities should be helped to become more resilient when homes and businesses are inundated, the Environment Agency's chief executive has said.

Sir James Bevan defended the agency's handling of the crisis following criticism the the EA's chairman, Sir Philip Dilley, who was on a family holiday in Barbados at a time when parts of northern England were underwater.

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