If you hadn't seen the news, we've had some very serious flooding here in the UK. It's affected a nuber of different areas, from Tewkesbury and Gloucester in the west right through to Nottingham, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and Hull, which bore the brunt of the first round of floods.

When flying back from holiday you could see the flooding near the airport - nothing like they have experienced in Hull and elsewhere, but it gave you a better idea of the effects of the flood waters. Without such a visual queue it is difficult to comprehend the effects.

The cause, unsurprisingly, was the heavy quantity of rain, but it can be difficult to get a really good idea of how much and where the rain fell so that you can understand and comprehend how it all happened.