Flooding and floods in Europe
The new, £26 million ($40 million USD) Morpeth flood scheme in the north-east of England, was officially opened in Monday, 24 August, 2015. It will protect residents by storing millions…
Researchers from UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the University of Liverpool have developed a visualisation tool to predict the economic damage caused by coastal flooding around estuaries. The method…
As announced earlier this month, the EU sent a team of civil protection experts to help with damage assessment and disaster recovery in areas of Macedonia hit by flash floods…
At least 7 people have died and 3 remain missing after floods struck yesterday 24 August 2015 in Artvin province in Turkey. The province is situated on the Black Sea…
Heavy rainfall and strong winds in parts of southern France over the weekend have left 3 people dead. A couple died after their car washed away by flood water in…
The EU is to send a team of civil protection experts to help with damage assessment and disaster recovery in areas of Macedonia hit by flash floods earlier this month…
At least 500 people, including locals and tourists, have been evacuated after major floods struck in Corigliano and Rossano Calabro in the province of Cosenza in Calabria. Many of those…
Strong winds and heavy rainfall in the Polog Region of north-western Macedonia, yesterday, 03 August 2015, caused the Pena and Porojska rivers to overflow, as well as flash flooding and storm…
A team of scientists from Newcastle University have launched a project aiming to build accurate models of flash flood events in the UK. The “Flood Action Team” will collect as…
The European Commission is set to grant an aid package worth €16.2 million (US$18 million) to Greece and Bulgaria following natural disasters that occurred in the winter of 2015. Greece…
Research by Russian and German scientists has shown that warmer sea surface temperatures can lead to an increase in precipitation intensity – in some cases of over 300% – for…
The Environment Agency in England announced today that it will team up with digital communications company EE to send flood warnings to mobile phone users in Devon and Cornwall in…
Severe flooding in the city of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, south-western Russia, has left 1 person dead and forced hundreds from their homes. Reports say that over 500 homes across…
The Environment Agency in the UK is encouraging people to help their neighbours and communities by becoming flood wardens. Flood wardens are key in helping their community to be prepared…
From 2000 to 2013, floods resulted in EUR 5.5 billion in annual losses in Europe, and this figure is set to increase fivefold by 2050 according to a study published…
Scientists warn countries in northern Europe to plan for dramatic new worst-case scenarios as climate change increases the risk of seas sweeping inland, Tim Radford reports for Climate News Network.…
