we re putting down concrete, tarmac, all those new houses, all those roofs. that surface water is going to increase anything between eight and 18% per small development. and you ve got to think about where it s going to go. the drains are already at well over capacity and just can t deal with it. joining me now here at london s southwark station is lilli matson from tfl. lilli, how concerned is tfl about the forecast of more frequent extreme rainfall in a warming world? we re very aware that london s climate is changing. we re seeing warmer weather winters, drier, hottersummers. this all puts a lot of stress on our transport network and it s something we re really planning for now and taking account of so that we re ready as the climate becomes more extreme in future. there was some significant flash flooding in london in the summer. of course we saw those horrific scenes on the metro system in china. how much has this been an alarm call for tfl? we looked with real serious concern
drainage system. we re putting down concrete, tarmac, all those new houses, all those roofs. that surface water is going to increase anything between eight and 18% per small development. and you ve got to think about where it s going to go. the drains are already at well over capacity and just can t deal with it. joining me now here at london s southwark station is lilli matson from tfl. lilli, how concerned is tfl about the forecast of more frequent extreme rainfall in a warming world? we re very aware that london s climate is changing. we re seeing warmer weather winters, drier, hottersummers. this all puts a lot of stress on our transport network and it s something we re really planning for now and taking account of so that we re ready as the climate becomes more extreme in future. there was some significant flash
at well over capacity and just can t deal with it. joining me now here at london s southwark station is lilli matson from tfl. lilli, how concerned is tfl about the forecast of more frequent extreme rainfall in a warming world? we re very aware that london s climate is changing. we re seeing warmer weather winters, drier, hottersummers. this all puts a lot of stress on our transport network and it s something we re really planning for now and taking account of so we are ready as the climate becomes more extreme in future. there were some significant flash flooding in london in the summer. of course we saw those horrific scenes in the metro system in china. how much has this been an alarm call for tfl? we looked with real serious concern at what happened, notjust in china, but also closer to home in countries like germany, where we saw really extreme flooding. and i think that is a real wake up call. we know we can have extreme rain of the kind we had in germany here in london now.