Around eight million properties in England - or one in four - could be at risk of flooding by 2050 as the danger increases due to climate change, the Environment Agency (EA) has said. In its first assessment of how a warming world could affect flooding, the EA warned of increasing threats from heavier rainfall and rising sea levels.

About one in five homes and businesses in England are in areas at risk of river, sea and flash flooding, analysis from the Environment Agency has warned.A major new update from the agency, which comes after widespread disruption and floods from storms Bert and Darragh,

The Environment Agency has issued a sobering report warning of the number of properties already in flood risk areas and the dangers posed by climate change in the decades to come

Nearly a million more homes are at risk of flooding than there were six years ago, according to the Environment Agency.

Experts say a move towards paved gardens, coupled with more extreme rainfall, is increasing the threat in urban areas