Local councils have begun to estimate the financial cost of recent flooding

Areas most at

risk of flooding

Flood zone 3*

Areas most affected

by recent floods

Calderdale

about £5m

Shropshire

about £7-10m

Telford & Wrekin

'hundreds of thousands

of pounds if not millions'

Herefordshire

'tens of millions

of pounds'

Worcestershire

Monmouthshire

'tens of millions'

Rhondda Cynon Taf

£40m and expected to rise

Areas most

affected

by recent

floods

Areas most at

risk of flooding

Flood zone 3*

Calderdale

about £5m

Shropshire

about £7-10m

Telford & Wrekin

'hundreds of thousands

of pounds if not millions'

Herefordshire

'tens of millions

of pounds'

Worcestershire

London

Monmouthshire

'tens of millions'

Rhondda Cynon Taf

£40m and expected to rise

Guardian graphic. Source: Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales. Note: Flood zone 3 is an estimate of areas of land at risk of flooding when the presence of flood defences are ignored, and covers land with a 1% or greater chance of flooding each year from rivers; or with a 0.5% or greater chance of flooding each year from the sea