The Latest Breaking News from Flood

Sujata was in a daze after her husband’s untimely demise. Shock, trauma, disbelief, anger, sorrow, fear – so many emotions overwhelmed her. Completely at loss to make sense of what had happened, and all else that was happening in the social mourning space around her and her two little kids,…

Natasha Fyles has defended the construction of new homes for the remote community of Pigeon Hole in a known flood zone, saying the location was decided after consultation with residents.

In July 2021, Kew in London experienced a month’s rain in just three hours. Across the city, tube lines were suspended and stations closed as London experienced its wettest day in decades and flash floods broke out. Just under two weeks later, it happened again: intense downpours led to widespread…

Researchers have revealed that annual damage caused by flooding could increase by more than a fifth over the next century and can only be avoided if countries stick to their Net Zero promises

Authorities say it is likely to be at least a month before residents from two flooded remote communities are able to return to home, as heavy rain and rising rivers isolate more communities and threaten food supplies.

A flood of nations is trying to cut dependance on the dollar, fearing ‘weaponisation’ by the US. But it won’t be easy.

Malaysian police have found the body of a young woman trapped in a car that was swept away by rushing waters, the fifth death of seasonal floods that have also forced more than 43,000 people to flee their homes

The huge new warehouses will be built on the site of a former pharmaceutical plant

Just over a month after the Auckland flood, and three weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle hitting the North Island, the scale of the disasters and the rebuild is clear – as is a sense of being in limbo for those worst affected.