The flooding caused by Storm Christoph is a harbinger of worsening “climate shocks” in the UK, the chair of the Environment Agency has warned.
England and Wales faced a deluge this week as the storm…
Ask people to name the world’s largest river, and most will probably guess that it’s the Amazon, the Nile or the Mississippi. In fact, some of Earth’s largest rivers are in the sky – and they can…
Research showing severe flood threat caused by global heating may set legal precedent in climate litigation
Human-caused global heating is directly responsible for the threat of a devastating flood…
We must do more to combat effects of global heating on housing, says climate expert.
Substantial work still needs to be done to protect houses from flood damage and to ensure homes do not…
St Augustine, Florida, was founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers. Flooding has been a threat for centuries and is worsening with rising tides.
The holiday season in St Augustine, Florida, is…
2020 has been a year of nonstop crises. For a while there, it was almost possible to forget an ongoing crisis that used to have our attention: climate change. But Nature found a way to remind us.
In…
Trillions of dollars of GDP depend on biodiversity, according to Swiss Re report.
One-fifth of the world’s countries are at risk of their ecosystems collapsing because of the destruction of wildlife…
When hurricanes and other extreme storms unleash downpours like Tropical Storm Beta has been doing in the South, the floodwater doesn’t always stay within the government’s flood risk zones.
New…
Sandbag walls set and water being pumped out of ruins of Al-Bajrawiya - site of Meroe pyramids, a World Heritage Site.
Rising Nile floodwaters are threatening to swamp an ancient archaeological site…
Sudan is in a state of emergency after authorities declared the country a disaster zone last week because of heavy flooding that's killed around 100 people and inundated over 100,000 houses since…
At least 100 people killed and hundreds of homes destroyed as seasonal rains cause worst flooding in Parwan province.
Heavy flooding in northern and eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 100…
Several areas of the Niger capital Niamey remained under water on Thursday as the death toll in recent floods that have displaced over 225,000 people rose to 45, authorities said.
Around 25,000…
About a third of Bangladesh has been inundated by floods, with at least 161 people killed and an estimated 1.5 million displaced, according to local officials.
he heaviest rains in almost a decade…
Fears of flash flooding in parts of country, while experts warn extreme heat could become the norm.
Over a month’s worth of rain could fall within two hours on parts of Britain this week, causing…
The country’s latest calamity illustrates a striking inequity of our time: The people least responsible for climate change are among those most hurt by its consequences.
Torrential rains have…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Tuesday that a trend of increased coastal flooding will continue to worsen as the climate crisis escalates.
Various scientific reports published around the world have pointed out the impacts of climate change. The International Panel on Climate Change, for example, outlines in its 2019 report how tropical…
The impacts of floods can exacerbate existing racial and social inequality.
When Hurricane Harvey devastated Texas in 2017, the neighborhood that suffered the worst flood damage was a section of…
Record-breaking rainfall has devastated communities – and with thousands displaced and more rain predicted the picture is bleak
Using a short piece of nylon line with a hook at one end and a long…