Asked whether he thought London would flood in the next 25 years, Mr Woolas said: “It may do. The environment agency are doing a feasibility study. When the Thames Barrier was built it was built on the assumption that there was a one in 2,000 year chance that London would flood. That estimate now is one in 1,000 years. In other words from 1983 to today the probability has doubled.”
In the Telegraph
The story appears to confirm that the government is planning a new Thames barrier, east of the current one.
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