'I tried the car key. Nothing. What on Earth was going on?'

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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