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When the waters breach the banks, it’s the neighbours, not the state, we truly rely on. Across eastern England and into Scotland this week, Storm Babet unleashed a deluge. Record rainfall turned rivers into raging torrents, forcing evacuations in towns and villages from Norfolk to Angus. Homes were flooded, roads became impassable, and the Environment […]

As Waters Rise, the Old Instincts of Mutual Aid Flow Once More. The torrents arrived relentlessly. Storm Franklin, the third named storm to batter Britain in a week at the end of February 2022, unleashed record-breaking river levels across parts of Wales, the North West and Yorkshire. While thankfully no lives were lost, thousands of […]