alodon's flood defences are getting older[translate] athere are 26 under ground stations, 400 schools, 16 hospitals, an airport and 80 billion worth of property in london's flood risk area, so large scale flooding would be disastrous[translate] ...
low lying areas13,14; landward recession of sandy shorelines15; salt water intrusion16 and landward advance of tidal limits within estuaries17; failure of stormwater infrastructure and sewerage systems18; and, modification of river/estuary entrance dynamics as well as catchment flood behaviour18,19...