Flooding. Inset: Neil McGuire of insurance broker Lycetts
WELSH businesses could be hit worse by flooding - after a prediction of more floods in Wales over the next few decades.
Dr Annie Visser-Quinn, a data scientist at Heriot-Watt, said: “We used multiple datasets and methods and compared the results, using the most up-to-date data available.
“The estimates paint a concerning picture for the future UK flood landscape, especially when combined with increasing urbanisation."
Dr Visser-Quinn and her colleagues looked at one in two-year and one in 30-year events - the type of flooding that happens every two years, and the less common one-in-30 years extreme event.