The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Two extreme and deadly weather events within the first two months of 2023 have brought the consequences of climate change into sharp focus. Auckland’s January 27 flood is the most expensive weather event in New Zealand insurance history. Cyclone Gabrielle prompted a national state of emergency, only the third time…

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In February 2022, the first of two catastrophic floods wiped out communities in the NSW northern rivers. A year on, the crisis is nowhere near over

Cyclone Gabrielle struck the country’s north on Monday, bringing widespread flooding, landslides and power cuts

With emergency services stretched, residents are banding together to clean up and guard against looters – and say they are seeing humanity’s best and worst

Local residents met with the Department for Infrastructure to discuss the replanting of trees and hedgerows

The 11-week-old baby was discovered after his mum misjudged the depth of the flood water and drove into it near the town of Pax, West Virginia, following a string of thunderstorms

Authorities in West Virginia say the body of an infant has been found in a submerged car after floodwaters swept through the state

Authorities in West Virginia say the body of an infant has been found in a submerged car after floodwaters swept through the state

The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand rose to nine on Saturday as the clean-up continued on the battered North Island and authorities worked to find missing people.

Temperatures in the high 40s will be felt in northern parts of Western Australia as other areas of the country get a heatwave reprieve.