The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Lawmakers are being urged to bridge the legal and scientific divide over braided rivers

Someone left the Swift out in the rain - insurance agents are overloaded with calls about flood-damaged vehicles

As the floodwaters recede in Auckland, modelling commissioned by the Treasury shows the risks of inundation fall unequally across New Zealand.

The plans have attracted controversy for a number of years

Broome and Derby will be linked again by road — after a fashion — thanks to a speedy effort in demanding conditions to repair long stretches of damage to the Great Northern Highway.

After I graduated law school, I clerked in the Johnstown Division of the Western District of Pennsylvania for two years. Until fairly recently, that Division had a single federal judge. (The judge for whom I clerked assumed senior status, but still hears cases, along with a new active judge.) Since…

Securing the right to housing will require us to challenge the very systems and ideologies that are doing such harm to our planet, says Aaron Hendry

Many countries in Africa suffer from disasters annually, but the adverse effects are grossly under-reported compared with coverage of more developed nations.

South Australians who have had properties damaged or lost to flood will be eligible for tax relief in a new package announced by the state government.

As attention turns to reconnecting a major Riverland road that was cut off by floodwaters, the SA government also announces new tax relief measures aimed at helping those who lost their homes.

As the water recedes from the flood-ravaged New South Wales' Central West, all that remains standing on some farms are the trees.