The jet stream has a lot to answer for – and not just here in the UK
We are not the only part of the world to have weather that has been stuck in a rut this winter. The US has seen some extreme weather too, but not wind and rain like us.
Channel 4 News takes to the stormy seas around Cornwall to hear how the terrible UK weather has left the fishing community of Newlyn stranded on the shore for months.
David Cameron has visited Looe in Cornwall, which was deluged by flooding. Is it enough? Krishnan Guru-Murthy joins locals in the Jolly Sailor to find out.
As flooding causes havoc along the Thames, Channel 4 News Reporter Fatima Manji meets the people of Wraysbury, Berkshire, who say they feel abandoned by the emergency services.
In flood-afflicted Wraysbury, people are angry. They say they have not had enough help and feel ignored. Channel 4 News talks to a local resident, a Greenpeace representative and the local MP.
The River Thames is at its highest point for 10 years, putting thousands of homes at risk of flooding.
One of the worst hit areas in the latest deluge of bad weather and flooding is Looe, in Cornwall. Krishnan Guru-Murthy speaks to some of people affected.
The persistent wet weather of the past few weeks has put river levels at dangerously high levels. Here are images from Staines, Worcester and Wraysbury.
Mark Greaves takes a trip along the flooded Thames in Surrey armed with a smartphone capturing water levels reaching their highest point in 30 years.
Lord Chris Smith defends the Environment Agency’s role in responding to the flooding crisis that has struck many parts of Britain over the last month.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles says the government “made a mistake” and should have dredged the flood-hit Somerset Levels.
Large swathes of England and Wales are on flood alert on Sunday as yet another storm with winds of up to 70mph arrives to batter Britain.
Waterlogged Somerset gets two illustrious guests – the prime minister and Environment Agency boss Chris Smith. But what took them so long to visit a county that has been underwater for a month?
The waves continue to batter Britain and the political storm over the coalition’s flood defence strategy is still raging too. Is this government really spending more than the last?
We are not the only part of the world to have weather that has been stuck in a rut this winter. The US has seen some extreme weather too, but not wind and rain like us.
The communities secretary, Eric Pickles, announces the government will spend an extra £130m to bolster Britain’s flood defences, as the army is finally deployed to help in Somerset.