The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Exclusive: NSW ministers told of climate change impact and concerns about ‘weak’ rock seam under the dam wall

Haiti was already a vulnerable country and now the flooding has now pushed many to breaking point with damaged homes and displaced residents

Flooding and bureaucracy drove Mary Kelleher to run for a spot on a powerful North Texas river agency board.

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TS urges Polavaram authority to maintain free flow to prevent submergence of its areas

Ahead of monsoon, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has constituted 63 teams at multiple levels, besides setting up zonal-level integrated flood response centres. In an interview with The Hindu, Tushar Giri Nath, Chief Commissioner, BBMP said equipped with a better understanding of waterways, remodelling of stormwater drains, anti-encroachment drive, and…

When a major flood warning was issued for Huonville on Wednesday night, authorities feared a repeat of the devastating floods that hit the town in 2016. But by daybreak, the outlook had improved dramatically. So why was the modelling so different to the outcome?

First came the floods. Now rural residents across outback Queensland are battling rats and mice, with this year's big wet supercharging the growth of grasses and leading to bushfire concerns.

An adjusted estimate of Auckland's future flood recovery spend has saved Auckland Council $10m

India's Bengaluru city may need nearly 28 billion rupees ($339 million) to restore a drainage network damaged by unfettered urbanization as repeated floods threaten to disrupt work and life in the IT hub, a report said.

Sally Marvin lost her home to floods and has been housed in temporary accommodation since — she still does not know when it will be safe to return home.