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Homes and businesses are likely to be flooded quickly in north-west England, the forecaster saidFloods across the UK have brought misery to drivers and commuters on Monday, as the Met Office extended its amber thunderstorm warning of heavy rain, lightn…
Exclusive: Homes for 7,800 residents in areas worst hit by 2022 floods proposed in near term, with more development laterGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLand that could hold more than 10,000 homes across 22 site…
More than 200 million face more intense and frequent floods due to plastic pollution blocking drainage systems, report findsA devastating 2005 flood that killed 1,000 people in the Indian city of Mumbai was blamed on a tragically simple problem: plasti…
Emilia-Romagna still on alert, with 36,000 people homeless after six months’ worth of rain fell in 36 hoursStanding outside her home under moody skies in Ronta, a hamlet in the Forlì-Cesena area of Emilia-Romagna, Ivana Casadei considers herself one of…
Authorities on Friday said that 43 towns were impacted by flooding and landslides and more than 500 roads are closed or destroyed.
Torrential rain submerged the dried-out landscape of the Emilia-Romagna region, forcing thousands to evacuateAt the start of this week an area of low pressure moved off the coast of north Africa, deepening as it travelled northwards across the Mediterr…
Torrential rain, coming on top of the country’s worst drought in four decades, has forced 250,000 people to leave their homesJamal Ali Abdi has seen flooding in Beledweyne before but never on the scale witnessed earlier this month when the Shabelle Riv…
This week’s floods are latest weather disaster to hit country, as policymakers finally begin to respond to crescendoThis week, parts of northern Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region received half their average annual rainfall in just 36 hours. Rivers burst th…
Older and disabled people trapped in homes as rescuers battle harsh conditions in Emilia-Romagna region Older and disabled people were trapped in their homes as rescuers worked under pounding rain throughout the night to save people in the most catastr…
Climate crisis a key factor in flash flooding of Beledweyne as rains end drought and Shabelle River breaks its banksFloods have caused almost a quarter of a million people to flee their homes after the Shabelle River in central Somalia broke its banks …