Study: Two-fifths of London businesses are at risk of flash flooding

Cecilia Keating
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Analysis warns extreme weather poses major threat to UK’s economic centre

Flash floods prompted by climate change threaten more than two-fifths of businesses in London, fresh research from insurance firm Zurich UK has warned. The analysis, published just days after storms...

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