The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Rescue efforts could be complicated by the fact that Libya has two rival governments to the east and the west.

At least 2,200 people were killed in Libya and thousands more were reported missing after catastrophic flash floods broke river dams and tore through an eastern coastal city, devastating entire neighbourhoods.

Country has experienced 23 extreme weather events costing $1bn or more already this year, passing previous mark of 22 in 2020

The UK has already sweltered through five days of temperatures above 30C in September for the first time, with Saturday making it six-in-a-row.

The death toll from severe flooding in central Greece rose to 10 people Friday, while another four remained missing, the country's civil protection minister said. Rescue crews in helicopters and boats ferried hundreds of people from inundated villages to safety.

Recent images of the devastating flash floods caused by Storm Daniel in Greece hit close to home literally and figuratively. As a Greek who has completed a PhD and worked for the past eight years on flash floods, the scenes unfolding across my homeland are painfully real: a stark reminder…

Hong Kong has closed schools and halted trading on the stock exchange as torrential rain lashed the city overnight, flooding streets in parts of the city and an underground subway station

Burners were forced to endure hours of torrential rains before tens of thousands bailed on the festival. Scientists warn that such large bursts of showers are a result of a warming planet.

Severe rainstorms turned streets into raging torrents, hurling cars into the sea and washing away roads

Greece's fire department says more than 800 people have been rescued over the past two days from floods after severe rainstorms turned streets into raging torrents, hurling cars into the sea and washing away roads

Zone of high pressure sandwiched between two low-pressure areas is causing abnormal conditions across Europe