Helpline call as flooding risks climb

FLOOD victims need a single trusted phone line to contact experts for help and clear accountability, MPs say.

- By Steph Spyro Environment Editor

The Commons Environmental Audit Committee warns today that many communities still do not know who is responsible for managing flood risk where they live.

Toby Perkins, chairman of the EAC, said: "Flooding devastates communities, rips away livelihoods.

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"[It] causes horrific economic and psychological damage.