{"id":37465,"date":"2014-01-02T16:06:58","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T16:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=e9ff99eb81455bed2296f2be9ee7e3cc"},"modified":"2014-01-02T16:06:58","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T16:06:58","slug":"news-story-environment-secretary-owen-paterson-flooding-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=37465","title":{"rendered":"News story: Environment Secretary Owen Paterson flooding update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Further rain and strong winds are forecast tomorrow and this weekend, with particularly severe effects likely to be felt in the South West of England.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone liable to be affected should follow the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.environment-agency.gov.uk\/homeandleisure\/floods\/31632.aspx\">advice from the Environment Agency<\/a>, check the latest <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.environment-agency.gov.uk\/homeandleisure\/floods\/31618.aspx\">flood warnings<\/a>, and sign up for free <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/fwd.environment-agency.gov.uk\/app\/olr\/home\">flood alerts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are worried about flooding, phone 0845 988 1188 or to find how flooding affects you as an individual or business visit the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.environment-agency.gov.uk\/homeandleisure\/floods\/default.aspx\">Environment Agency Flood pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Defra\u2019s Secretary of State Owen Paterson today chaired an emergency COBR meeting today to prepare ahead of this week\u2019s predicted storms.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the COBR meeting, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a number of flood warnings in place today and more rain and high winds forecast for tomorrow, I have today chaired a COBR meeting to make sure that across central government departments we are ensuring that local councils, utilities and transport companies are as prepared and ready to respond as possible. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Environment Agency and local authorities are working hard in areas that could be affected and are on the ground ready to take any necessary actions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge everyone in affected areas to sign up to the  Environment Agency flood warnings and follow the advice they issue to protect themselves and their properties.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People in at-risk areas should make sure they follow Environment Agency advice and sign up for flood warnings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37465"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}