Overlapping disasters struck parts of England and Wales in January as Storm Christoph battered communities which were already suffering from the effects of a prolonged period under lockdown. It was…
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As climate change hikes the risk of flooding in England, now being deluged by Storm Christoph, insurance firm Zurich UK has begun offering mental health…
Storm Christoph brought heavy rain to parts of the UK from 19 January, 2021, increasing river levels in parts of North Wales and the North West of England. The UK’s…
Heavy rainfall brought by Storm Bella caused flooding across Central England over the last few days, prompting evacuation orders and high water rescues. Strong winds from the storm also caused…
Heavy rainfall swept across parts of the United Kingdom over the weekend 18 to 20 December 2020, causing flash flooding in parts of Wales and South West England. Whitebarrow in…
LONDON, Nov 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As climate change brings more intense storms and rising seas, Britain faces rapidly growing and shifting flood threats – something few of those…
Heavy rain in northern England has led to rivers breaking their banks in parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire, leaving roads closed and motorists stranded. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service…
After days of high temperatures, heavy rainfall brought by summer storms has caused flooding and landslides in parts of the United Kingdom, France and Italy. This follows dramatic flash flooding…
Coastal flooding events could threaten assets worth up to 20% of the global GDP by 2100, a study in Scientific Reports suggests. The areas predicted to be most impacted by…
The UK government currently spends £2.6 billion on flood defences in England, and that amount is set to double by 2026. Flooding in February 2020 showed how that’s likely to…
PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organisation providing industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, has disclosed its initial loss estimate for the floods in the United Kingdom in February 2020. The February 2020 Floods…
The intense rainfall from storms this winter has caused severe flooding in numerous cities across the UK. The storms have left at least eight people dead, and economic losses have…
A 475-km-long dam between the north of Scotland and the west of Norway and another one of 160 km between the west point of France and the southwest of England…
February 2020 has brought more than its fair share of bad weather to the north of England, the Midlands and Wales. Shrewsbury, Bewdley and Telford swam in the Severn, while…
Flooding has promoted more evacuations in parts of England as rivers remain high after heavy rain from storms Ciara and Dennis. East Yorkshire Around 60 homes were evacuated in East…
As large swathes of the UK endure the worst floods in living memory, hearts and minds are rightly focused on protecting people and property. At one point the government’s Environment…
