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WARMING WILL PUT MILLIONS MORE AT FLOOD RISK IN NEXT 20 YEARS, SCIENTISTS SAY
Unless countries urgently boost their flood defenses, millions more people will be at risk from river flooding in the next 20 years as global warming incre... READ MORE›
MUDSLIDES THREATEN CALIFORNIA AREAS SCORCHED BY WILDFIRES
The weather service saidthe heaviest rainfall was expected in Santa Barbara County from 10 p.m... READ MORE›
KEVIN 'BOXER' MORAN SAYS NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR 'BLAME GAMES' AMID COMPLAINTS OF 'INADEQUATE' FLOOD WARNINGS
Minister of State for Flood Relief, Kevin 'Boxer' Moran, said this morning that Galway was taken by surprise by rising floodwaters during Storm Eleanor... READ MORE›
FLASH FLOODS HIT MELBOURNE AS STORM MOVES ACROSS VICTORIA
Victorians are told to brace for more rain overnight, particularly in the north-east, after parts of Melbourne experience flash flooding from heavy thunderstorms... READ MORE›
'WE NEED TO THINK STRONGLY ABOUT ADAPTATION,' SAYS VICTORIA CLIMATOLOGIST
Zwiers warned warmer temperatures will increase the likelihood of extreme weather situations, such as flooding and fires... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL FROM VIETNAM STORM TOPS 60 AND DAMS NEAR BURSTING
Typhoon Damrey tore across central Vietnam at the weekend just days before the region is due to host the APEC summit of Asia-Pacific leaders... READ MORE›
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MUMBAI BUILDING COLLAPSES AS MONSOON RAINS WREAK HAVOC
In Bihar, the death toll has reached 514, with people still living in makeshift huts days after the flooding started... READ MORE›
ITALY FLOODING KILLS SIX PEOPLE IN LIVORNO
At least six people have been killed after heavy rainstorms and flooding in the Italian city of Livorno... READ MORE›
DELUGE BRINGS MONTH'S RAIN IN ONE DAY, FORCING SECOND DAY OF QUEENSLAND SCHOOL CLOSURES
Intense rainfall is predicted on Thursday afternoon, before the weather is expected to clear early on Friday... READ MORE›
'WE ARE NOT WELL PREPARED': AN EXPERT'S VIEW OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE NEXT BIG STORM
According to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, spring flooding around Ottawa cost 223 million in insured damages... READ MORE›
PERU BRACES FOR MORE FLOODING AFTER AT LEAST 67 DEATHS
Local El Ninos in Peru tend to be followed by the global El Nino phenomenon, which can trigger flooding and droughts in different countries, said Gutierrez... READ MORE›
CARBONS CASUALTIES RESETTLING THE FIRST AMERICAN CLIMATE REFUGEES
The floods ruined the trailer's oven, so the family cooks on a hot plate... READ MORE›
STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN FORT MCMURRAY
The mayor of Fort McMurray declared a local state of emergency on Tuesday over concerns about flooding caused by Hangingstone River overrunning its banks... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 18 DEAD IN THAILAND FLOODS
Flooding from heavy rains hammering Thailand's south has left at least 18 people dead and thousands of villages partially submerged... READ MORE›
AS FLOOD WATERS RISE, IS URBAN SPRAWL AS MUCH TO BLAME AS CLIMATE CHANGE?
But others argue that urban development is as much to blame for the floods as climate change... READ MORE›
AS IT HAPPENED: NERVOUS WAIT FOR NORTHERN NSW
Heavy rain is wreaking havoc across Queensland and northern NSW as the remnants of ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie move south... READ MORE›
EL NINO WEATHER 'COULD BE AS BAD AS 1998', SAYS NASA
That El Nino played havoc with world weather systems and was blamed for several extreme weather events... READ MORE›
JAPANESE TOURIST TRAPPED IN CAR, SIX OTHERS MISSING IN NT FLOODS
He urged others not to cross flooded causeways, not enter flooded rivers ... READ MORE›
TWO TRAINS DERAIL IN INDIA KILLING DOZENS
Manoj Sinha, a government railway official, said more than 400 yards of track had been damaged by the flooding... READ MORE›
ALBANIA FLOODS MADE WORSE BY DEFORESTATION, PRIME MINISTER SAYS
Albania floods made worse by deforestation, prime minister says... READ MORE›
THERESA MAY PUTS 1,200 SOLDIERS ON STANDBY TO TACKLE WINTER FLOODS
Theresa May has placed three battalions of up to 1,200 soldiers on 24-hour standby to help if England suffers flooding this winter... READ MORE›
HOW DID THE FLOOD CRISIS UNFOLD?
Parts of the rivers Tone and Parrett on the Somerset Levels will be dredged from the end of March, the Environment Agency says... READ MORE›
FLOOD-HIT NEIGHBOURS FOIL THIEVES WHO WERE ON THEIR WAY TO ROB EVACUATED HOMES IN STOLEN ARMY BOAT
Picture credit Damien EagersPresident Michael D Higgins shakes hands with local people as he visited flood damaged Enniscorthy... READ MORE›
STORM FRANK: FURTHER FLOODS EXPECTED AS GALES AND RAIN BATTER BRITISH ISLES - LIVE
Sir Philip Dilley, the head of the Environment Agency, is due to meet people affected by the floods today... READ MORE›
FLOODING FORCES EVACUATION OF SASKATCHEWAN TOWN
Carrot River is about 25 kilometres north of Arborfield... READ MORE›
UK POLICE DEFEND CHOICE TO WARN THOUSANDS TO EVACUATE AS STORM FALTERS
East coast residents have derided the severe storm warnings as 'a load of rubbish'... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT TO OUTLINE CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS FACING UK IN NEW REPORT
First climate change risk assessment since 2012 will have considerable implications for future green policy... READ MORE›
STORM FRANK: TADCASTER EVACUATED AS BRIDGE PARTIALLY COLLAPSES - LIVE COVERAGE
Here's the Environment Agency map showing, in dark purple, the areas of Tadcaster where flood warnings are in place... READ MORE›
MAN GOES FISHING IN HIS FLOOD-HIT HOUSTON HOUSE
A man in Houston, Texas, made the best of flooding in his house caused by Hurricane Harvey on August 26, eliciting laughter from his daughter... READ MORE›
GATINEAU BRACES FOR DELUGE AS MORE RAIN EXPECTED
CBC Denis Babin Lessard said with water levels expected to rise Friday, Saturday and Sunday, officials might have to reopen the Mercier dam floodgates... READ MORE›
EVEN IN INLAND CITIES LIKE SAN ANTONIO, RESIDENTS PREPARE FOR HARVEY FLOODS
One major flooding risk the San Antonio River, which flooded during storms in 1998 and 2002... READ MORE›
NORTHERN NAMIBIA BRACES FOR WORST FLOOD IN MEMORY
Water from the dam is expected to flood the Kunene river, which in turn will flood parts of southern Angola and northern Namibia... READ MORE›
BRITON AMONG 18 DEAD IN 'APOCALYPTIC' FRENCH RIVIERA FLOODS
Briton among 18 dead in apocalyptic french riviera floods... READ MORE›
'GOOD RIDDANCE': MOVING ON FROM THE BOXING DAY FLOODS
Residents in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire, didn't need to be asked twice when the Environment Agency offered to buy their flood-ravaged houses... READ MORE›
'WE ONLY KILL BLACK PEOPLE,' US POLICE OFFICER SAYS DURING TRAFFIC STOP
In Iran, at least 12 people were killed by flash floods that started on August 14, the Iranian Red Crescent reported... READ MORE›
'GOD WILL HELP US': IN INLAND CITIES LIKE SAN ANTONIO, FAITH OUT-WILLED HARVEY
San Antonio lies in what's called a flash flood alley, with those living near this old mission seemingly directly in its path... READ MORE›