Cumbria prepares for more flooding

Environment Agency warns of further heavy rainfall as locals begin to pick their way back into sodden houses. Film of some of the impacts with interviews with local people.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/24/cumbria-floods-cockermouth-rain-weather

Footage of Norway dam breach

As part of an EU funded study into dam vulnerability, scientists breached a dam in Norway to observe the results. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7472193.stm

Flooding plan ‘needs improvement’

“Urgent and fundamental changes” are needed to improve flood defences, the report into last summer’s floods says.

Sir Michael Pitt, who carried out the independent review, said building regulations must be stricter in flood-prone areas and planning better.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7472564.stm

Africa plans biggest dam project

A plan to build the largest and most powerful hydroelectric dam in the world is being discussed in London.

Financiers and African politicians will look at how to finance the $80bn (£40bn) cost of the Grand Inga project.

The plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo would generate twice as much energy as China’s Three Gorges dam.

Grand Canyon flooded

Water is unleashed from Glen Canyon Dam towards the Grand Canyon in the United States – an experiment to mimic natural floods and recharge the ecosystem