Deadly Risk of Building On South-East's F Lood Plains ; After Storms and Torrential Rain Hit London, New Warnings Over

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PEOPLE could die in the South-East if tens of thousands more homes are built on high-risk flood plains, the Environment Agency warned today.

The danger of flash floods causing death and destruction will increase if town halls do not clamp down on inappropriate housing developments, it said.

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Deadly Risk of Building On South-East's F Lood Plains ; After Storms and Torrential Rain Hit London, New Warnings Over

Mark Southgate, head of planning at the agency, said: "There are few planning issues that can kill but flood risk can and the Government is putting it at the top of its agenda. The Government has done it and councils now need to follow that ...

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