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3 March 2013 Last updated at 20:18 ET
By Roger Harrabin Environment analyst 
Some river levels fluctuated between their highest and lowest levels within the space of four months
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Britain must become more resilient to both drought and flooding, Environment Agency chairman Chris Smith has said.
New figures from the agency show that one in every five days saw flooding in 2012, but one in four days saw drought.
Rivers such as the Tyne, Ouse and Tone fell to their lowest and rose to their highest flows since records began, within a four-month period of the year.
Lord Smith said urgent action was vital to help “prepare and adapt” many aspects of Britain for such extremes.
Meteorologists fear that extremes of weather may increase as global temperatures slowly rise.
Met Office analysis has suggested that the UK could experience a severe short-term drought, similar to the drought experienced in 1976, once a decade.
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