Flooding and floods in Europe
The Flood Re insurance scheme will fail to reduce flood risk and the number of London households eligible for the scheme could increase by up to 75% during its lifespan,…
Analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA), which represents more than 370 councils in England and Wales, reveals that the equivalent to almost 30,000 tonnes of water-damaged household goods have…
Linking extreme rainfall, flooding and climate change in the recent UK deluges – a report by Nick Reynard, the Science Area Lead for Natural Hazards at the UK’s Centre for…
Saturday 06 February saw some heavy downpours in England – particularly in the South West and the Midlands – as well as parts of Wales and Scotland. An amber severe…
The European Data Relay System’s first laser terminal has reached space aboard its host satellite and is now under way to its final operating position. EDRS-A was launched on 29…
There is no panacea for flood events, but there a range of things we can either do better or start doing to mitigate or adapt to them. The recent UK…
Heathrow Airport and VisitBritain, the tourist board of Great Britain, have teamed up to help the tourist spots of flood-hit areas in Scotland and northern England. Striking images of Cumbria,…
The UK’s 8 week long flood nightmare continues after heavy rain – reportedly from the remnants of Storm Jonas – caused flooding in areas of England and Scotland on 27…
The UN Floods Recovery Programme in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with $22.6 million of funding from 28 bilateral donors, is helping establish normal living conditions in communities hit by the devastating…
The Environment Agency still had 25 “red” flood warnings and 140 “yellow” flood alerts in force across the UK on Monday (11 January, 2016). This comes as the Association of…
Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) announced today that, based on preliminary estimates, it expects aggregate losses of approximately USD 275 million related to storms Desmond, Eva and Frank in the UK…
Portugal’s National Civil Protection Authority (ANPC) report that the Douro, Mondego and Tâmega rivers overflowed between 10 and 11 January 2016, affecting areas of Porto and Coimbra districts. ANPC had…
Centuries of alteration to how our river catchments (or drainage basins) function has undoubtedly exacerbated the risk of downstream flooding in every river area in Britain, report Neil Entwistle, University…
In their Global Catastrophe Recap report for this month, Aon Benfield say that total insured losses from the severe weather events at the end of December in the US and…
Heavy rain between 07 to 08 January 2016 increased levels of rivers in eastern Scotland, causing flooding in the city of Aberdeen and surrounding areas. The River Don in Aberdeen…
Two days of heavy rain in Albania has caused flash floods, river overflow and landslides in several parts of the country, including the counties of Tirana, Durrës, Lezhë, Shkodër and…
