Landowners asked to use natural flood management techniques where River Aire flows through Wakefield district
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Environment Agency encourages landowners to introduce natural flood management techniques in the River Aire catchment
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Rock armour used to strengthen the embankment next to the Sloop Inn at Temple Hirst
February 2020 was the wettest on record in Yorkshire, with the River Aire catchment experiencing three and a half times the average monthly rainfall. This resulted in large volumes of water spilling from the lower River Aire in to the washlands, filling them to capacity and in some cases, overflowing.
This in turn damaged a number of flood embankments that sit alongside the river to protect local communities. Emergency temporary repairs were carried out in the immediate aftermath of the flooding and the Environment Agency has spent the rest of the year making permanent repairs at locations across the Lower Aire washlands.
The £10m defences planned to protect hundreds of East Riding homes from flooding this winter
Properties in Snaith and East Cowick were decimated by floods in February and March and the authorities are trying to avoid a repeat
Permanent defences are in the pipeline for the New Year (Image: Environment Agency)
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