Blog: Drones prove their worth in Desmond floods
In the wake of Storm Desmond, loss adjusters have been using drones to provide an aerial view of the flood-stricken areas. They've started only recently experimenting with the technology and, initially, there was a school of thought that it's a ‘nice to have' but not an essential tool in insurance claims management. Just how wrong can you be?
The drone footage that was taken across the North West gave a panoramic and highly detailed perspective of the flooded streets in Carlisle, in some cases long before anyone managed to gain access. We
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