The Global Risk data platform is a multiple agencies (partners include UNEP) effort to share spatial data information on global risk from natural hazards this includes floods, cyclones, earthquakes, graphs chart economic and mortality risk. See also UNISDR disaster risk reduction.
International Flood network for newsletters and alerts worldwide.
Sites on the recent UK floods:
The Environment agency has a page for the public with flood warnings and flood risk maps. There is also a section on insurance and flooding.
The Association of British Insurers is a trade body whose website has publications on the economic costs to insurers of increased flood risk.
See in particular its climate watch reports. There are also notes for consumers on insurance and flooding.
National Flood Forum is a national charity dedicated to supporting and representing communities and individuals at risk of flooding.
Flood plan UK provides resources for communities to organise themselves and draw up practical plans.
Flood Risk Management Research Consortium gathers together news from national and international perspective there are some news and papers free online.
The ESRC also has some case studies focusing on flood risk in the UK.
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