Flooding and floods in Europe
New research published in a special edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society identified evidence for human-influenced climate change for several heatwaves, record-low Arctic sea ice, Alaska’s intense…
Five people have drowned as torrential rain that began on 17 December caused flooding in south east Spain. Some areas have recorded more than 400 mm of rain in the…
Researchers from the University of Lincoln are embarking on a major new study to work out the true economic cost of coastal flooding and how farmland damaged by saltwater can…
Following the winter flooding last year, more than 1,200 troops across the UK have been put on 24-hour standby to help in the event of flooding this winter. As part…
Scientists at the University of Southampton have found that the majority of instances of coastal flooding around the United Kingdom in the last 100 years have been due to moderate…
A year after Storm Desmond struck the UK and at a time when the UK’s Committee on Climate Change have called for urgent action to address the risks to the…
Research from the University of Southampton has provided robust evidence that wet regions of the earth are getting wetter and dry regions are getting drier but it is happening at…
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) announced last week that UK insurers have a small army of people ready to go into immediate action in the event of any flooding…
Two people have died in southern Spain after floods triggered by torrential rain between 03 December and 05 December, 2016. Flooding was reported in towns and cities along a stretch…
The floods that hit the UK last winter were the most extreme on record – and they may be a sign of worse to come, writes Richard Sadler for Climate…
A new scientific review of the winter floods of 2015/2016 confirms that the event was one of the most extreme and severe hydrological events of the last century. The new…
Members of the European Parliament approved €31.5 million in EU aid to repair flood damage in Bavaria in a plenary vote on Thursday, 01 December, 2016. Seven people died in…
According to a new study by think tank Green Alliance, England’s flood strategy failing and a new approach urgently needed from government to protect communities and stop costs spiralling. The…
Parts of Greece recorded heavy rain during a series of storms that began late Saturday 26 November, 2016. The heavy rain has also affected northwestern Turkey, in particular Çanakkale province.…
Beaches left decimated by the severe winter of 2013 to 2014 have still not recovered almost three years later, according to new research led by the University of Plymouth. The…
The flood situation appears to be easing in north west Italy, although hundreds still remain displaced. Meanwhile severe weather in the south of the country has affected parts of Sicily…
