In  2007 there was some flooding in the Lambourn Valley not actually spectacular enough to attract a great amount of  media attention but that does not mean that we should not be aware of the potenial risk or ignore the need to understand how it may occur in the future.

The Summer 2007 saw some of the worst floods in Britain since the 1940s and it was spread across many areas. Locally Thatcham was hard hit and residents suffered damage to their homes and businesses.

Generally across the UK extremely heavy rainfall in June, followed by higher than average rainfall in July, led to water levels rising so high that thousands of people had to flee their homes.

Abingdon, a market town in Oxfordshire, was particularly badly hit. Science writer and broadcaster Sue Nelson visits some of the victims of the flood and talks to Dr Nick Reynard, who's the head of the risk analysis and modelling group at the nearby Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. (hear the attached pod cast, will open in Media Player)

For even more information see the second link below 'Planet Earth' type 'flooding' into the search box at the top of the page. Your will be able to see all the latest news and research into flooding and flood defence work both here and in other countries.