The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Climate change exacerbates deadly floods worldwide

Climate change makes deadly floods, like what happened in Libya, more likely. Floods in China, Greece and Brazil in recent weeks underscore the growing danger.

WEKU · Sep 13, 2023

Protecting floodplains is the need of the hour

Illegal construction work in floodplains reduces the capacity of rivers to contain a high level of water within their banks

The Hindu · Sep 13, 2023

UK Government announces support ‘worth up to £1 million’ for flood-hit Libya

The Foreign Office said the funding was an ‘initial package’ to provide assistance for those most affected by the devastation.

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023

Fundraising appeal launched as 5,300 feared dead in flood-hit eastern Libya

The British Red Cross has launched an appeal and said that three Libyan Red Crescent volunteers lost their lives while trying to save others.

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2023

Morning Mail: 10,000 missing in Libyan floods, police racism warning, Biden impeachment bid

Former Queensland officers say colleagues have gotten away with slurs

The Guardian - AU · Sep 12, 2023

Cyclone Tracy caused $200m of damage. A repeat now would cost $7.4bn, Australian insurers say

The estimate exceeds $6bn paid out by insurers for Australia’s costliest disaster, the 2022 NSW and Queensland floods

The Guardian - AU · Sep 12, 2023

Destruction of Derna: why was flooding so bad in Libyan port city?

Thousands are dead and missing after rains from Storm Daniel triggered the collapse of two dams

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2023

New super-fast flood model has potential to save lives: Study

Researchers found a new model that has the potential to significantly improve emergency response by lowering flood forecasting time from hours to days and allowing flood behaviour to be reliably anticipated at super-fast speeds as an event unfolds. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Sep 12, 2023

What’s happening in Libya after devastating Storm Daniel floods?

Rescue efforts could be complicated by the fact that Libya has two rival governments to the east and the west.

Al Jazeera · Sep 12, 2023

Thousands dead, missing as floods devastate eastern Libya

At least 2,200 people were killed in Libya and thousands more were reported missing after catastrophic flash floods broke river dams and tore through an eastern coastal city, devastating entire neighbourhoods.

France 24 · Sep 12, 2023