Make sure your neighbour has an emergency contact number for you. You may be at work when the flood happens – if they’re at home, then at least they can either keep you informed if it’s just looking like a flood is imminent, or if it all happens...

I flooded in 2003 following the opening of Jubilee River. It was not possible to do anything to protect our property from flooding since the water table level rose to a point where water could be seen rising from skirting boards. There is little...