The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Lull in flood mitigation measures in Thiruvananthapuram led to surprise flooding. Opposition demands launch of second phase of Operation Anantha. Govt. asks District Admin. & Corporation to prepare proposals for flood mitigation. Widening of Kannammoola canal, desiltation of Aruvikkara & Akkulam reservoirs proposed. Encroachments on crucial canals cleared in 2015,…

Dramatic photos show the horses standing in flooded fields before they were evacuated.

Two severe flood warnings are in place around the River Idle, near Retford in Nottinghamshire, meaning risk of death or serious injury.

Brechin in Angus was badly hit by flooding, with hundreds of residents fleeing their homes.

A fourth person has died in Britain during a storm that pounded the U.K. and northern Europe with gale-force winds and torrential rain

Major cleanup operations get under way in worst-hit areas after storm that left four people dead

Work to clear away the damage will go ahead on Sunday as the weather improves.

Flood warnings are still in place for some areas.

Do the frequency and scale of disasters like in Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh reveal a pattern of neglect? 

Flood alerts remain in parts of the Scottish Highlands and much of Perth and Kinross, Dundee, Angus and Aberdeenshire.

The Met Office’s red danger to life weather warning has been cut back from midnight to 6pm in Scotland.