Flooding

Almost half of Valencia’s flood victims were aged over 70, figures show

Almost half of the 216 people known to have died in the catastrophic floods that hit the eastern Spanish region of Valencia at the end of October were 70...

Mud and insults thrown as Spanish king and PM visit flood-hit town

Hundreds of people have heckled Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia, as well as the prime minister and...

Dead bodies found after torrential rain brings flash flooding to Spain

Several dead bodies have been recovered by emergency workers after torrential rain caused flash floods in southern and...

Seven people missing after torrential rain brings flash flooding to Spain

At least seven people are missing after torrential rain caused flash floods in southern and eastern Spain, shutting...

Report: A Surge of Farm Waste Vulnerable to Flooding

In recent years, Southern states like Georgia and the Carolinas have seen an explosion in the number of...

Thousands evacuated as Storm Boris causes havoc in northern Italy

About 1,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna overnight after devastating floods and landslides, as Giorgia...

Thai cave boys’ coach trapped again six years later by typhoon floods

The coach of the young Thai footballers who captured the world’s attention when they spent nearly three weeks trapped in a cave has found...

A sorry Saga as our home insurance rockets to an astronomical £4,730

Last year our home insurance policy with Saga cost £440. This year’s quote was for an astronomical £4,730. Its representative was astonished by the increase,...

Falling tree kills woman as severe weather sweeps across Victoria and Tasmania and into NSW

A woman has been killed by a falling tree on the New South Wales-Victoria border as a severe weather system brought damaging winds to...

NSW battens down as wild weather sweeps across Victoria and Tasmania

Residents in New South Wales are hunkering down as a severe weather system bringing damaging winds bears down on the state’s south-east, after a...

Flood surge in Sudan bursts dam, destroying villages and killing dozens

Surging waters have burst through a dam in eastern Sudan, wiping out at least 20 villages and leaving at least 30 people dead but...