A recent study has shown risk of flooding in one area of Merseyside has increased the most out of every area in the UK.
Sefton, takes first place with the number of properties with a flood risk of 1% or higher increasing by almost 32%. In 2020, Sefton had 325 properties with high flood risk, compared to just 247 in 2018.
Four of the top five entries in the list hail from the North West with Wirral coming in at second place with the number of properties with a flood risk of 1% or higher increased by 17%, rising from 487 in 2018 to 571 in 2020 according to a study by Utility Builder.
