Last night Channel 4 broadcast a programme on flooding in Britain in 2012. 

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-year-britain-flooded/4od

Much of the programme focussed on recent floods in the Northeast, where CESER researchers have been applying their expertise in urban flood modelling and data acquistion in Newcastle and other cities to look at the Toon Monsoon.

The programme also explored the sensitivity of slopes to extreme events, another area CESER have extensive experience – including their full scale test embankment.