You don’t need the Met Office’s State Of The UK Climate 2023 report to tell you that this has been a washout summer.

Though it felt like the wettest year since Noah got his start in boat building, it was in fact the seventh soggiest on record, with 113% of the 1991–2020 average.

So much rain brings with it certain risks, some of which are harder to anticipate than others.

For instance, as I........

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