Investigation reveals alarming flood risk for new homes in UK

Floods have already hit thousands of homes in the UK this winter and now an investigation has found that many more homes being built under the government’s new home building drive are also at risk. Nearly half the areas earmarked for fast tracked housing development by a flagship government scheme are at significant risk of flooding, making thousands of new homes potentially uninsurable, according to a Greenpeace investigation. The sites targeted by a recent house building drive unveiled by Ch...