Floods

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The Lewes Floods, October 2000 >
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Sussex Ouse Flood Management Strategy >
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Environment Agency telephone 0845 9881188. The current flood situation and warnings can be found via the external link below to their Flooding section.
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/flood/floodwarning/

The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is responsible for coast defence. The following external link goes to their Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management webpage which includes reports, consultations, aims and targets and more.
www.defra.gov.uk/

Lewes Flood Action Group represents local residents affected by the October 2000 floods and campaigns for improvements to the town's flood defences and emergency preparations. Find out more via the external link below to their website.
www.lewes-flood-action.org.uk/

The following external link goes to CIRIA's website. They are a leading provider of performance improvement products and services in the construction and related industries.
www.ciria.org.uk

National Flood Forum have launched the 'Blue pages directory' which is a directory of flood protection products and services. Find out more via the following external link to this PDF directory on their website.
www.floodforum.org.uk/flood_forum/NFF_BluePages_Master.pdf