News story: Winter weather: UK government response
Posted by mostafa on 26 November, 2014
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Flooding
Last winter, existing flood defences protected around 1.4 million properties and more than 2,500 square kilometres of farmland from flooding.
Power cuts
Travel
Since last winter, the government and transport owners and operators have acted to further improve the resilience of our transport infrastructure and its operations. This section also contains links to travel updates, to guidance on driving in severe weather conditions and actions to take ahead of winter travel.
- When winter bites: driving in severe weather
- Network Rail live information
- Get ready for winter
- Traffic information
- Driving in severe weather
Weather
Up-to-date advice on weather in your area and severe weather warnings are provided by the Met Office.