Flooding and floods in Europe
The UK’s Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom yesterday set out how lessons from last winter’s floods have helped build a new approach so the nation is better prepared and more resilient…
In the third article in the series “A New Approach to Storm-Water Management and Flood Reduction“, Ed Hill looks at the Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) project called “Slowing the Flow”…
At least 4 people have died after heavy rain overnight between 06 and 07 September caused severe flooding in several areas of Greece. Heavy rain has also been reported in…
The Environment Agency’s innovative flood defence scheme in West Sussex, “Medmerry”, is being showcased at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii this week (w/c 5 September 2016). Held every…
A report by Swiss Re, the reinsurance group, estimates that insured losses from both natural and man-made catastrophes rose by 51% to USD 31 billion in the first half of…
Skopje, 23 August 2016: The European Union and the World Bank, together with the UN agencies in the country, have responded swiftly to the Macedonia Government’s request for assistance in…
Risk Management Solutions (RMS) say the release of their suite of Europe Inland Flood Hazard Data will bring new opportunities for writing Europe inland flood risk. According to RMS, the…
Around 300 people had to be evacuated or rescued from homes and vehicles after heavy rain flooded buildings and streets in Moscow, Russia, on 15 August, 2016. Moscow recorded 88mm…
Over the last 15 years, the use of satellite imagery for disaster management support increased significantly, from seven cases in 2000, to 123 in 2014, according to a recent review…
The EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism has been activated and the first EU experts are deployed onsite in Macedonia following the deadly floods that struck in the Skopje area on 06…
Macedonia’s Ministry of Interior said on Sunday that at least 21 people have died in flooding in and around the capital, Skopje. At least 6 are still missing and it…
In the second article in the series “A New Approach to Storm-Water Management and Flood Reduction“, Ed Hill looks at the Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) project in Manor Fields Park,…
A report by the Welsh Audit Office says that 208,000 properties across Wales are at risk of flooding from the sea or rivers. Over 60 per cent of the population…
Six months on from the devastating floods of December 2015, the Environment Agency is embarking on a significant programme of repairs to flood defences damaged by the flooding. More than…
Floods in Turkey’s Ordu Province in the Black Sea Region have left 2 people dead and at least 1 other missing. Dozens of buildings have been damaged and some local…
A storm and heavy rain flooded parts of the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don late on Thursday 30 June 2016. A state of emergency has since been declared. Rostov-on-Don is a…
