Corporate report

Humber 2100+ Understanding Tidal Risk

Published 7 July 2026

Applies to England

1. Message from the Humber 2100+ Partnership 

The Humber is a place of powerful contrasts and vital connections, where: 

• land meets sea 
• industry and nature coexist 
• communities have long adapted to the opportunities and challenges of living alongside a dynamic estuary 

The region supports: 

• over half a million people 
• powers national infrastructure 
• sustains biodiversity 
• plays a critical role in the UK’s economy and food production 

But the risks are changing. How we’ve managed tidal flood risk in the past, along the estuary and its tidal rivers, is no longer enough. This is due to: 

• rising sea levels 
• more frequent storms 
• a shifting climate  

We need a new approach that is bold, able to adapt, and built to last. 

This document brings together the shared evidence base developed collaboratively by the Humber 2100 partnership. It offers: 

• a clearer understanding of how tidal flood risk affects the Humber today 
• how that risk is expected to change over time 
• what the consequences could be if we continue with our current approach 

To manage risk effectively, we must first understand it. This evidence will help us explore the impacts of different policy choices. It highlights the importance of making timely decisions that preserve future adaptability. 

This is the foundation for informed decision-making. It sets the stage for a long-term approach that is: 

• evidence-led 
• collaboratively shaped 
• capable of guiding the Humber through the challenges ahead 

Humber 2100+ partnership members include: 

• Bassetlaw District Council 
• Doncaster Council 
• East Lindsey District Council 
• East Riding of Yorkshire Council 
• Environment Agency 
• Hull City Council 
• Lincolnshire County Council 
• North East Lincolnshire Council 
• North Lincolnshire Council 
• Nottinghamshire County Council 
• North Yorkshire Council 
• West Lindsey District Council 

We also have support from other organisations such as Natural England and internal drainage boards from around the Humber.

Image 1 shows the Humber 2100+ partnership members

Image 1: Humber 2100+ partners. Credit Environment Agency.

2. Overview 

2.1 What this document is 

This document sets out the strategic picture of tidal flood risk. It shows the scale of the challenge we already face. It highlights the need for a more strategic, long-term approach that can help us adapt to increasing risk over time.  

It provides: 

• a clear understanding of current and future tidal flood risk 
• context for why managing risk differently is essential 
• insight into the consequences of tidal flooding 
• a foundation for making timely, informed decisions that are flexible for the future 

How we respond to increasing tidal flood risk, both now and in the long term, will shape the future of the Humber. This response is vital to: 

• support current ambitions 
• enable ongoing investment and development 
• make sure that we’re prepared for the challenges ahead 

It will influence: 

• the lives of the people who live and work here 
• those who invest in the region 
• the natural environment that makes it so special 

2.2 The Humber

The Humber is: 

• home to over half a million people 
• supports thousands of businesses 
• contains nationally important infrastructure, industry, and agricultural land 
• is internationally recognised for its important habitats and wildlife 

However, much of this area is at risk of tidal flooding during extreme events. As sea levels rise, the frequency and severity of these events will increase. This will put more people, places, and assets at risk.  

In response, the Humber 2100+ partnership has worked together to understand how rising sea levels are likely to impact the Humber region.  

This work explores what tidal flood risk looks like now and how it could change in the future. It helps us understand the implications of different ways of managing that risk. It highlights the importance of making the right decisions at the right time. This means we don’t lock ourselves into choices that limit our ability to adapt to future challenges.

Flood risk is increasing and changing 

Rising sea levels mean more water on every tide, not just during extreme events. Without adaptation, more places will flood more often. This will affect communities, infrastructure, and the economy. 

We need a smarter, long-term approach 

Simply maintaining or raising defences won’t be enough. The way we manage tidal flood risk around the estuary over the long term will need to: 

• be flexible and able to adapt over time 
• combine familiar and innovative approaches to manage risk and support nature 
• enable a thriving future for people living in the region 

We must shape the future together 

How tidal flood risk is managed will be shaped by those who live, work, and have an interest in the Humber. Everyone has a role in building a more resilient future. This must happen alongside a coordinated, cross-estuary collaboration to ensure we’re adapting to sea level rise into the long term.

3. Background 

Tidal flooding is a serious and growing risk for the Humber region 

Much of the land around the estuary is low-lying, and highly vulnerable to flooding from the sea and tidal rivers. Tidal flooding happens when exceptionally high tides or storm surges push seawater into these areas. This overwhelms natural and built defences.  

The impacts can be widespread and severe, affecting: 

• homes 
• livelihoods 
• infrastructure 
• the natural environment 

Around 500,000 people live in areas currently at risk. This includes major urban centres like: 

• Hull 
• Grimsby 
• Goole 

The threat extends inland too, with many places exposed to tidal flooding as high tides move inland. This affects places such as: 

• Doncaster 
• Selby 
• Gainsborough 

The Humber is home to nationally significant industries. These include: 

• power stations 
• refineries 
• UK’s largest port complex 
• over 120,000 hectares of high grade agricultural land 

The scale and importance of these assets mean that tidal flooding on the Humber has consequences far beyond the region itself. 

Image 2 shows what is at risk around the Humber 

Image 2: What is at risk around the Humber. Credit Environment Agency.

The estuary’s rich mosaic of habitats is also of national significance. As we adapt to tidal flood risk, we need to consider how best to preserve these. We also need to consider how to make the most of the opportunities they offer. We can do this through working with natural processes and considering how ecosystems interact across the whole landscape.

The Humber has never stood still. Over the centuries, the estuary has been re-shaped by: 

• tides 
• sediment movement 
• land reclamation 
• industrial development 
• urban expansion 

What was once marshland has become farmland and villages. What was once open water is now home to ports and power stations. These changes have made the estuary both an economic powerhouse and a complex, dynamic system. This history reminds us that the Humber is not a fixed landscape. It’s a living, shifting environment that will continue to change.

3.1 Other types of flooding 

Risk in the region isn’t limited to flooding from the estuary and the North Sea. The Humber also faces threats from: 

• rivers 
• surface water 
• sewers 
• groundwater

In 2007, for example, heavy rainfall and overwhelmed drainage systems caused severe flooding in Hull and East Yorkshire. This affected over 14,000 properties. Flooding continues to impact the region, particularly agricultural land, which is increasingly vulnerable to multiple sources of flooding. The impacts of tidal flooding are often significantly worse when combined with other types of flooding.

4. Planning for the rising tides

In response to increasing tidal flood risk, the Environment Agency published the Humber Flood Risk Management Strategy – Planning for the Rising Tides in 2008. It was the first strategy of its kind in England and Wales, taking a joined-up, estuary-wide approach to managing tidal flood risk in the face of climate change. The strategy outlined how flood risk would be managed across different sections of the estuary. It identified the need for new and improved flood defences and areas where flood storage might be needed. 

Since then, over £350 million has been invested in tidal flood risk management around the Humber. This has improved protection for around 70,000 properties. Many of these schemes have been built by the Environment Agency and local councils. This is often done in partnership with others, including internal drainage boards (IDBs). IDBs play an important role in operating and maintaining vital infrastructure such as pumping stations. Some of the investment is shown in image 3.

Image 3: Investment in tidal flood risk management around the Humber. Credit Environment Agency.

5. A growing and changing risk 

Our changing climate is one of the most significant challenges facing the Humber region. Sea levels around the UK have already risen by around 17cm since 1900. The latest UK climate change projections, UKCP18, suggest the Humber could see an increase of around 10-15cm per decade. This could potentially exceed a metre of sea level rise by the end of the century. 

This isn’t just about rare, extreme events like tidal surges. It means more water on every tide. This would gradually increase the pressure on flood defences, exposing more land to regular flooding.  

Our evidence shows that even in the shorter term, existing defences will be overtopped more frequently. Flooding will stretch further inland, move faster, and take longer to subside. Events like the 1953 North Sea flood and the 2013 tidal surge, once considered rare, are expected to become more frequent and more severe. Image 4 shows how every tide will carry more water.

Image 4: Every tide will carry more water, turning routine tides into growing flood risks. Credit Environment Agency.

6. Humber tidal flooding - a history 

The timeline of past flood events across the Humber illustrates how communities, infrastructure, and the economy have been repeatedly tested. These events, some of the most severe in the region’s history, highlight the intensity and devastating impacts of tidal flooding. In the aftermath of some of these historic events, flood defence infrastructure was put in place. This included flood warnings and improved defences, much of which remains in use today. 

Without action, communities, businesses, and infrastructure across the region will face regular and potentially catastrophic flooding. The scale of risk is growing, and so is the urgency to act. That’s why the Humber needs a long-term, adaptive approach. One that recognises the complexity of the estuary and the need to plan for a future that will continue to change. 

6.1 The timeline 

17 December 1921 – tidal flooding with a recorded depth of 2.44 meters causes severe disruption to transport and other infrastructure in Hull 

31 January 1953 – a tidal surge hits the east coast of England flooding over 100,000 hectares of land, and 24,000 homes between Yorkshire and the Thames – 307 people lost their lives and damages reached the equivalent of £1.2 billion in today’s money 

11 November 1954 – thousands of people were trapped in their homes and around 1,000 properties were flooded in Hull due to a combination of high tides and swollen rivers 

29 September 1969 – a tidal surge affecting most of the east coast caused flooding around the Humber – the City of Hull was 3 feet under water in some areas and become isolated as many routes and bridges were impassable 

11 to 12 January 1978 – a tidal surge along the east coast flood over 1,000 homes and 500 hectares of land, resulting in losses the equivalent of almost £9 million in today’s money – widespread devastation affected vital infrastructure such as Grimsby railway station and docks 

1 February 1983 – tidal flooding at Spurn and other locations along the east coast 

21 February 1993 – tidal flooding at Spurn Head and the evacuation of 600 people from their homes in Walcott, Hemsby and Morston 

5 to 6 December 2013 – a tidal surge hit the east coast, with the highest recorded water level around the Humber, including Hull where the Hull Tidal Surge Barrier came within 0.4 metres of being overwhelmed – around 1,100 properties and over 7,000 hectares of land were flooded, along with significant impacts on industry and infrastructure affecting trade, transport and production, with the Port of Immingham closing for several days 

13 January 2017 – a tidal surge was predicted along the east coast and thousands of properties were evacuated – thankfully, conditions changed at the last minute which significantly reduced the impacts – if the wind direction had not changed course, the coast would have experienced a surge much greater than seen in 1953 and 2013 

This timeline is summarised in image 5.

Image 5: Humber flooding timeline. Credit Environment Agency.

7. Humber 2100+  

Since the publication of the original Humber Strategy in 2008, much has changed: 

• climate projections are more detailed 
• national policy has evolved 
• events like the 2013 tidal surge have deepened our understanding of tidal flood risk across the estuary 

The Humber 2100+ partnership will build on the substantial work already carried out to manage flooding. It will consider a wide range of tools to help manage risk and build resilience across the estuary. 

These tools include familiar measures such as: 

• raising and maintaining defences 
• creating flood storage areas 
• improving flood warnings 

But they are also likely to include other solutions such as: 

• changes to land use 
• nature based solutions 
• the potential for large scale infrastructure like a tidal barrier 

Our evidence shows that no single solution will be enough.  

A broader set of tools and approaches will be needed to help build resilience across the estuary and allow us to adapt to change over time. A more sustainable and strategic response will include: 

• using our land differently 
• working with natural processes 
• planning for some areas to flood in a controlled way  

Together, these approaches form part of the wider toolkit for managing the challenges posed by sea level rise and a changing climate. We will be working together  to determine: 

• which approaches are needed 
• where they should be applied 
• when they will be most effective 

We can only develop and achieve this new large scale and complex approach through long-term collaboration. 

Table 1 and image 6 set out some of the many flood risk management measures we can use across the Humber 

Table 1 – flood risk management measures

Planning and preparing	Assets and defences	Response, warning and informing
Flood action plans, Property retrofit, Property level protection, Contingency planning, Farmer and land manager adaptation action, House buying pack, Business and infrastructure resilience, Local plans and planning policy, Personal resilience, Flood risk mapping and data	Flood walls, Estuary barriers and outfalls, Enhanced asset maintenance , Desilting, Flood storage, Monitoring, Managed realignment, Habitat creation, Raise and improve or move back defences, Secondary defences, Earth embankments	Insurance, Emergency evacuation, Flood forecasting, Flood warden networks, Pumping and guide banks, Temporary barriers and walls, Flood warnings, Organisational response, Community and individual response

Image 6: Some of the flood risk management measures we can use across the Humber. Credit Environment Agency.

8. Understanding tidal flood risk 

To make decisions about the future, we first need a shared understanding of the problem.  

Tidal risk is complex and constantly evolving. Without a strong evidence base, we risk making choices that are too narrow, shortsighted, or that unintentionally increase risk elsewhere.  

That’s why the Humber 2100+ partnership has carried out extensive analysis to assess tidal flood risk, both now and into the future. 

This work helps us understand: 

• what is currently at risk across the estuary, including infrastructure, agricultural land, homes, businesses, and communities  
• how risk changes over time, using different time horizons - 2021 (present-day), 2046, 2071, and 2121 
• the impacts and consequences of flooding, and how these grow over time 

To explore how different decisions might affect future risk, we’ve used a set of future baseline scenarios. These are not predictions or options, but analytical tools that help us understand what might happen under certain conditions.  

These baselines help us understand the scale and nature of tidal flood risk and provide a foundation for making decisions in the future. They are summarised in table 2.

Table 2 - baselines

Baseline	Description
Do nothing	Assumes all flood risk management activity stops. This helps us understand the impact of unmanaged risk and what happens as assets (such as flood defences) deteriorate due to lack of maintenance
Maintain defences	Assumes current activities continue, but only to repair existing defences, not improve or raise them. This shows how protection levels decline over time due to sea level rise
Status quo	Assumes the 2008 Humber Strategy continues, with assets maintained and improved as originally planned, but within a smaller strategy area
Hold the line+	We have also carried out work to explore the potential outcomes of raising defences across the entire study area. This is known as ‘hold the line+’. This has helped us understand the system-wide impacts of providing a high standard of protection everywhere.

9. What we know 

It is vital that we take a whole-estuary view, rather than focusing on individual locations. We need to work across boundaries to provide solutions that are effective and fair. 

Our evidence tells us that, across all future scenarios, tidal flood risk is increasing. Even under the maintain defences baseline, where current defences are repaired but not improved, the likelihood of flooding rises significantly over time, and the consequences grow. 

Insights from the evidence show that: 

• risk increases over time, even with continued maintenance 
• more places will flood more often, with greater impacts on people, infrastructure, and the economy 
• the Humber is an interconnected system where changes in one area (for example raising defences or altering land use) can affect risk elsewhere and increase pressure on neighbouring areas 
• raising defences alone will no longer be enough - we need a combination of approaches to manage increasing risk. Higher defences can also increase the consequences if they are overtopped or breached, as they hold back greater volumes of water, which is known as residual risk 
• routine high tides will bring more water into the estuary every day, not just during extreme events, increasing pressure on defences and exposing more land to regular flooding

Image 7: The change in risk across the area for each baseline in the short, medium and long term. Credit Environment Agency.

9.1 Hold the line+ 

As part of our evidence base, we’ve explored a scenario known as ‘hold the line +’. This looks at what would happen if defences were raised across the entire study area to provide a high level of protection.  

We developed this to help answer a common question - why can’t we just raise defences everywhere? 

The modelling shows that it would create significant challenges including: 

• trapping more water in the estuary, increasing water levels and putting immense pressure on defences 
• causing a a funnelling effect, where water is held within the estuary with limited space to disperse 
• raising residual risk - if defences fail, the consequences for those behind them could be catastrophic 
• increasing risk outside the study boundary 

This scenario highlights the need to make trade-offs. If we raise defences in some areas, we may also need to create flood storage elsewhere to offset the additional water and reduce pressure across the system. Without this balance, we risk shifting the problem rather than solving it.  

Crucially, this scenario shows what happens if you don’t consider the Humber as an interconnected system. The defence line acts as a uniform barrier, without accounting for how changes in one location can affect risk elsewhere.

Image 8 is based on the 2121 epoch. It illustrates how water levels would rise during a flood event around the estuary if defences were raised everywhere.  

Image 8: How water levels would rise during a flood event around the estuary if defences were raised everywhere based on the 2121 epoch. Credit Environment Agency.

In the yellow areas, water levels would remain largely unchanged. However, in the inner estuary and tidal rivers, the red and orange areas indicate a significant increase in water levels. 

This rise means that flood defences in these areas would need to be substantially higher than they are today to manage the additional water. 

10. Impacts and consequences of flooding 

Our emerging evidence shows that tidal flood risk is expected to have a growing impact on the economy, communities, and the environment across the Humber over the coming decades.  

The economic cost of damage is set to rise sharply, particularly from the 2070s onwards, even if current flood defences are maintained. Without a change in approach, the long-term damages could run into billions of pounds. While densely populated areas are likely to experience the greatest economic losses, rural areas, especially those with high quality farmland, face severe consequences too.  

The effects of flooding go far beyond physical damage. Flooding: 

• can disrupt daily life and access to jobs 
• put pressure on vital services such as transport, emergency services, hospitals, schools, and power networks 
• affect people’s physical and mental health can be affected, particularly in communities facing repeated flooding 
• has implications for food production due to impacts on agriculture and fisheries 

The combined pressure on communities, businesses, local authorities and service providers will be significant. 

The environment will also come under increasing pressure. Flooding may reshape the Humber’s unique landscape, affect its water quality and resources, and impact its rich cultural heritage. The Humber estuary, one of Europe’s most important sites for nature conservation, will face new and continuing challenges. These will need to be successfully managed to protect its designated sites, habitats, and species. 

Flooding impacts may be interconnected and cumulative. Effects on the economy, communities, and the environment can interact, with one impact often amplifying others.

Image 9: Clockwise from left, aerial photograph of the Hull frontage, Cleethorpes train station, aerial photograph of Immingham Docks. Credit Environment Agency and petersmith.com.

10.1 Space and cost of flood risk management infrastructure 

Even under a ‘Do Nothing’ approach, some spending would still be needed to ensure basic safety. Most existing flood defences aren’t built to modern standards. This means even maintaining them would require upgrades, often involving widening the structures. 

However, space is limited in many areas due to nearby: 

• homes 
• businesses 
• infrastructure 
• sensitive habitats 

Our evidence includes the cost of modifying defences to fit their surroundings and identifies the places where this would be challenging due to available space. Overall, maintaining current defences could require over £1 billion in investment by 2046.

Image 10: Shows the potential impact of increasing embankment height. Credit Environment Agency.

Image 10 shows that for every metre increase in flood embankment height, an additional 6 metres of width is needed to maintain stability.

Higher defences mean greater consequences if they are overtopped or breached, which could limit development and complicate emergency planning and evacuation. 

10.2 A dynamic estuary environment  

The Humber estuary is a dynamic environment. It is shaped by natural coastal processes such as tides and sediment movement, as well as by human activity. Its internationally important habitats and species are at risk from ‘coastal squeeze’. This is where valuable intertidal habitats may be lost as sea levels rise and fixed flood risk management structures restrict their ability to adapt naturally.  

Our evidence suggests that recent habitat changes have mainly resulted from the natural movement of channels and banks. They are not primarily due to widespread coastal squeeze linked to flood risk management activities. The evidence is based on observed changes in intertidal habitat between 1946 and 2019.  

As the estuary and its habitats continue to evolve, we’ll need to keep monitoring, managing and adapting. This will make sure we’re able to compensate for any future habitat losses, and to strengthen our resilience to future tidal flood risk.  

Understanding how the estuary functions as a dynamic, connected system will help us work with natural processes to: 

• protect and enhance habitats 
• build resilience to climate change 
• support a healthy, thriving estuary for nature and people

Image 11: Humber estuary saltmarsh/mudflats with Immingham in the background. Credit Tim Melling.

11. Adaptive approach 

The future is uncertain. Although we know that sea levels will rise, we cannot predict exactly how quickly this will happen, or how social and economic conditions will evolve. That’s why an adaptive approach is needed to manage future uncertainty across the Humber. A flexible framework means that we can plan ahead, monitor change, and respond at the right time.  

This approach helps us:  

• avoid short term decisions that could limit future options 
• prepare for solutions that require longer lead-in times, such as major infrastructure or land use changes 
• stay responsive to new evidence and changing conditions, ensuring we make the right choices at the right time  

Rather than setting fixed plans for fixed timelines, this method allows us to explore multiple routes forward. These recognise that the best course of action may shift over time. It also enables us to identify decision points where a change in direction may be needed, based on updated data or new priorities. 

The Humber 2100+ partnership aims to lead the way in climate adaptation across the estuary, using this strong evidence base to achieve a shared long-term vision for a resilient Humber.

12. Listening to communities and stakeholders 

People who live and work around the Humber know the estuary better than anyone. There will undoubtedly be technical limitations on what we can achieve. However, the experiences, concerns, and ideas of local people are vital to shaping a long-term approach that works, not just in theory, but in practice. Strategic stakeholders also play a crucial role in influencing how tidal flood risk is managed. These include:

• landowners 
• infrastructure providers 
• businesses 
• environmental organisations 

Engagement is a central part of the Humber 2100+ process. Future tidal flood risk management will be shaped and achieved by those with a stake in the region’s future. This includes communities, organisations, and sectors whose decisions and actions will influence how resilient the Humber becomes. 

As part of the evidence gathering process, the Environment Agency (working closely with the partnership) ran a Community Panel as part of a national pilot. Nineteen demographically representative members of the public from across the Humber took part in 4 sessions. They: 

• heard from expert witnesses  
• explored what matters most to them when it comes to managing tidal flood risk 

Their insights are helping to shape our future engagement . The insights covered: 

• fairness 
• transparency 
• education 
• the importance of protecting homes, livelihoods and nature 

Alongside this, the partnership continues to work with a wide range of important stakeholder groups. This helps us to understand their priorities, challenges and opportunities. As this work develops, there will be further opportunities for people and organisations to get involved.

13. Acting together 

The Humber is changing and so is the risk of flooding. While the Humber 2100+ Partnership is working to develop a long-term approach to manage tidal flood risk, everyone has a role to play in preparing for the future. Building resilience will require collaboration across communities, sectors and organisations, each contributing in different ways. 

The operation and management of existing flood defences form a continuous line of mitigation around the estuary and its rivers. These defences include: 

• embankments 
• storage sites like Alkborough Flats 
• pumping stations 
• the Hull tidal surge barrier 

These represent a major collective effort to safeguard communities, and they are highly effective. 

The work of the Humber 2100+ Partnership is part of a broader, ongoing response to flood risk. Action such as maintaining defences, monitoring water levels and operating vital infrastructure, is ongoing and will continue.

These efforts are helping to manage risk today and lay the groundwork for future adaptation.

Table 3 and image 12 show some examples of wider flood risk action

Planning and preparing	Assets and defences	Response, warning and informing
Local resilience forums and multi-agency flood plans, Sunk island: exploring resilience project, Flood resilient development and flood risk assessment, Community engagement to help people be flood aware – for example Living with water, Industry risk assessments and action plans, Humber community panel	Hull tidal surge barrier, Alkborough flats flood storage and wildlife habitat, Humber Estuary monitoring – Spurn wave buoy deployment, Stallingborough sea defence improvements, Flood risk management projects completed since 2015, The Outstrays, Donna Nook, Paull Holme Strays – large areas of habitat that enable flood management around the Humber	Insurance – prepare for flooding, get insurance, Check for flooding in England, Flood warning service – sign up for flood warnings, Flood wardens – case study community flood warden scheme, Flood forecasting centre

Image 12: Examples of wider flood risk action. Credit Environment Agency.

14. Looking ahead  

The future direction for managing tidal flood risk is clear. We need a bold, flexible and collaborative approach that reflects the complexity of the estuary and the urgency of the challenge. The next steps will be shaped through continued collaboration, engagement, and evidence. 

This is about more than just flood risk. It’s about: 

• building a resilient and prosperous Humber 
• enabling future development 
• building resilient communities 
• ensuring our infrastructure and industries are ready for the future 

It means: 

• safeguarding and using the land that sustains us 
• supporting the region’s transition to a low-carbon economy 
• enhancing the internationally important habitats that make the Humber one of the UK’s most valuable ecological landscapes 

Achieving this vision will take action from all of us: 

• local authorities 
• communities 
• businesses 
• landowners 
• national partners 

Everyone has a role to play in shaping a future where the Humber:

• withstands the pressures of climate change
• thrives because of how we have chosen to do it  

15. Stay informed and get involved 

You can visit our Engagement HQ portal to: 

• follow the progress of the Humber 2100+
• register for updates 
• get involved 
• find out about projects being carried out on the ground 

15.1 Take Practical Steps Now 

While we can’t eliminate flood risk entirely, there are actions you can take today to reduce the impact on your home, business, or land: 

• Check your flood risk  
• Check your flood long-term flood risk 
• Sign up for free flood warnings 
• Prepare a personal flood plan  
• Prepare a business flood plan  
• Consider installing property-level resilience measures to reduce damage and speed up recovery  
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