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Beyond sandbags – how to defend your house from flooding

Angela ConnellyIain WhiteNigel LawsonPaul O'Hare By Angela Connelly, Iain White, Nigel Lawson and Paul O'Hare Filed Under: Science and Technology Posted: March 20, 2014

For much of the 20th century, faith has rested in bigger and better defences to hold back floodwaters. But repeated flooding has shown that large defences cannot, and should not, be the sole focus. The first, and for most people the only, tools in the box to protect homes have been the thousands of sandbags […]

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