All those reports reinforce the point I have been making - far too many houses are being built on flood plains - not one of those links show however that the houses that are/have been built in flood areas have actually been flooded.  They are unlikely to be flooded when land they are built on is raised, the latest drainage systems are installed and bunds are built around them.  

Those types of measures do protect the new houses but at the same time displace the water to areas that may not have previously been affected by floods.