If the Independent Monitoring Commission checking on both republican and loyalist ceasefires reports in October that they have been observed, there could be an election next spring.
The Environment Agency said uplands and areas that experienced heavy rain earlier this week were more at risk and it had teams checking flood defences, clearing river blockages andmonitoring river levels.
The panel will also set out timescales for checking people's suitability and training them, and suggest new ways of monitoring the success of the adoption system.