UK flooding expert blasts 'something isn't working' despite Met Office's warning

Gabriel Negreanu

An urgent review into how flooding is warned needs to happen, according to a climate change expert. Britain remains on high alert for more flooding following devastation - and deaths - caused as a result of Storm Bert. Travel on roads and railways has been disrupted by the downpours and homes have been destroyed , including caravans at a site in Northamptonshire. Storm Bert lashed the UK with wind gusts up to 80 mph over the weekend and as much as 130mm (5.1 inches) of rain fell in some areas,