Flood Risk
With Nebraska facing one of its worst floods in history, and wide areas of Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri also flooded, forecasters in the US said today that above-average spring rain…
Powerful storms that cause extreme weather conditions such as flooding across Europe and North America, with the potential to wreak social and economic havoc, could increase threefold by the end…
BARCELONA, Nov 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Africa’s rapidly expanding cities face huge threats from climate change over the next 30 years, which could bring knock-on effects such as higher…
Heavy rain must fall somewhere. The danger lies in where it falls and on what kind of terrain. As cities grow, the risk of flash floods rises, writes Tim Radfordfor…
Venice has flooded. But while worry about the worst floods in a decade and warnings about the impacts of climate change and sea level rise dominate most of the media…
Global human and economic losses from river floods are set to rise in coming years, even with the most optimistic climate outlook, says a study led by the European Commission’s…
Venice has been at hazard from rising seas for years. But so now are almost all historic sites near Mediterranean coasts, a survey finds. Report by Tim Radford for Climate…
STOCKHOLM, Sept 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sand mining from rivers is depriving many low-lying Asian deltas of the sediment they need to maintain themselves, raising the risk of worsening…
TEPIC, Mexico, Sept 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Severe flooding on the Amazon has increased amid changing weather patterns, and is harming the health and incomes of people living along…
Many cities around the world face a lack of affordable housing in and around expensive central business districts. Employers want cheaper labourers, who need more affordable housing in accordance with…
One year ago, on August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey struck Texas – the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005. Harvey dumped record-breaking…
Waterlogged hillsides are dangerous. For those who live on them, or further downhill, they can be deadly. The global risk from landslides is rising, writes Tim Radford for Climate News…
[ISLAMABAD] A wetter future awaits South Asia, says a new study based on global climate change models that informed the fifth assessment report of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
As the world warms, the storm clouds gather. And Australian rain is now often of a ferocity and intensity without precedent, writes Tim Radford for Climate News Network. LONDON, 8…
The financial costs of flooding in Canada’s maritime region could spike by 300 per cent by the end of the century if steps are not taken to address the impacts…
BADSWAT, Pakistan, Aug 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When a glacial lake burst in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan province in July, Sher Baz watched helplessly as the waters swept away his…
