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New satellite images document the re-emergence of Tulare Lake, and residents brace for more flooding as snowpack starts to meltNew satellite images released from Nasa this week showcase the dramatic reappearance of California’s Tulare Lake after water …
About 5,500 people still missing after intense floods and landslides with thousands also left homelessAt least 411 people are now known to have died in intense flooding and landslides that hit the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s South Kivu province …
Quebec public security officials say 89 municipalities are dealing…
State-run broadcaster says flood waters still rising in northern and western provinces and warns death toll may riseAt least 115 people have died as floods and mudslides swept through northern and western Rwanda after torrential rains, according to the…
The snowpack contains enough water to fill downstream reservoirs ‘multiple times over’, which could mean a rapid runoffSpring has offered California a welcome reprieve from the record rains and historic snowfall that hammered the state in recent weeks,…
Slow-moving supercell thunderstorms trigger flooding in Florida and a cyclone hits AustraliaFort Lauderdale experienced a historic rainfall event this week. As low pressure developed across the northern Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday morning, a warm front…
Whether waterlogged from flooding or parched and prone to wildfires, festival sites are having to plan for every eventuality – and the costs are substantialWellies and sun hats are the traditional first guard against the elements at festivals, but this…
Mobile phones with 4G or 5G signal will make siren sound and vibrate at 3pm on Sunday of testThe first nationwide test of a public warning system that sends alerts to UK mobile phones will take place at 3pm on Sunday 23 April.The emergency alerts syste…
Environment Agency says system trialled during strikes will continue for now despite false alarms and late warningsThe flood warning system relied on by hundreds of thousands of households in England will be put on permanent autopilot, officials have s…
Experts think snowpack will be either the first or second biggest documented in 70 years after winter of extreme stormsCalifornia’s winter of extreme storms has brought the drought-ravaged state one of the largest snowpacks on record, with officials sa…