Flooding and floods in Europe
The Environment Secretary in the UK recently announced a new £1 million natural flood management competition as part of the government’s drive to reduce flooding by using a range of…
The first phase of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme has reached a major milestone as all three moveable weir gates have now been successfully put in place at Knostrop Weir…
By 2100 much of Europe faces severe coastal flooding and sea level rise averaging over 50 centimetres, even with stringent greenhouse gas cuts, scientists say. LONDON, 19 March, 2017 –…
With Storms Desmond, Eva and Frank that battered parts of Britain between early December 2015 and early January 2016 causing damage that estimated to cost insurers £1.3 billion (US$1.58bn) in…
Parts of south east Spain, in particular Alicante, saw torrential rainfall and some flooding earlier this week. As much as 137.4 mm of rain was recorded in Alicante in 24…
Natural measures to manage flooding from rivers can play a valuable role in flood prevention, but a lack of monitoring means their true potential remains unclear, researchers say. Such measures,…
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) recently published a report containing its findings on the barriers to the implementation of Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) in England, following…
The biggest flood alleviation scheme ever undertaken in Scotland was officially opened today. The £86million project – which took almost five years to complete – will protect around 1,130 residential…
The average global sea level has risen by more than 20cm since 1980 – that’s a rate of 0.5mm per month – according to new research from the Basque Centre…
The Environment Agency in England has announced that construction on the Badsey Brook flood scheme in Worcestershire is due to start in summer 2017. Construction will start this summer on…
Europe has launched a new drive to protect its heritage sites from the risk of disasters, an issue given added urgency by a string of earthquakes that wrecked age-old buildings…
The winter of 2013-2014 was the wettest winter on record for the UK, and between November 2015 and January 2016 the UK recorded the highest ever rainfall for that period,…
A new study that assesses potential future climate damage to major European coastal cities has found that, if, as currently, global carbon emissions continue to track the Intergovernmental Panel on…
The Strumica River Basin is the Macedonia’s main agricultural centre, producing over 180,000 tonnes of vegetables each year. The soil is fertile, nourished by the Strumica River, and the local…
The UK government announced £15m for natural flood management initiatives in the 2016 Autumn Statement. To tell us more about what these methods are, the National Environment Research Council (NERC)…
Storms in the Province of Malaga, southern Spain, resulted in widespread flash flooding on 19 February 2017 causing damage to homes, roads and vehicles. The city of Malaga was the…
