The London Assembly’s Environment Committee has issued a new report which looks at the present and future flood risks facing London and its organizations.

‘For a Rainy Day: the Mayor's role in managing London's flood risk in case of severe rainfall’ warns that if London gets rainfall similar to that which caused flooding elsewhere in the UK in 2007 some streets could flood within minutes and rivers soon after. Lives could be lost and damage to property could amount to tens of billions of pounds.

London is particularly susceptible to flooding because it is so built up and water quickly gets into drains and rivers. Once these are full, water floods across the land’s surface putting up to 680,000 properties in the capital at risk from surface water flooding.

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