He confirms inspections found drains and waterways clogged with rubbish, which contributed to the rapid rise of floodwaters.

The experts at Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) say the average temperature in the first 11 months of the year has ...

El Niño years are set to become significantly stronger and more regular due to human-caused climate change , a study has ...

Last night’s heavy downpour caused flash flooding in several areas, including the Central Division. An earlier inspection by ...

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While precise Europe-only figures remain classified, experts estimate the continent contributes tens to hundreds of millions ...

Landslides and flooding across Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand have killed more than 1,200 people in the past week, and 800 ...

A new international study led by the University of Southampton warns that Shanghai could face far larger and deeper floods by 2100 as extreme weather, sea-level rise, and land subsidence interact to ...

Wassana Suthi spent last week trying to keep a nursing home running as the floodwaters rose around her in the southern Thai city of Hat Yai, cutting the home off from outside help, bar one helicopter ...

Thousands of landfills across Europe lie in flood-risk zones, areas which could endanger drinking water or sensitive ...

Unusually destructive storms have killed at least 1,350 people across the region and displaced millions in South and ...

The death toll from flooding in southern Thailand has reached at least 145, according to officials. More than 1.2 million ...