The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Emergency services receiving reports of ‘damage, risk to life and stranded vehicles’

NHS chief Matthew Taylor says parts of the health service are so rundown that patients are being treated in unsafe environments

Aviemore and nearby areas in the Highlands are bracing for extensive river flooding on Tuesday.

US alone suffered 71 per cent of losses from 10 worst disasters this year

The environment watchdog has issued a flood warning to Highlanders around Hogmanay amid a slew of weather alerts.

California has been hit hard by extreme weather over the past several weeks

Showers and storms will continue to linger about Queensland's north coast, but are not expected to cause renewed flooding as a tropical low moves out to sea.

If federal stream gages were bolstered by networks of cheaper monitors run by communities, the results could save lives.

As flooding worsens, the swamp is submerging villages, ruining farmland and killing livestock

The flood risk remains in parts of north Queensland with storms still possible though relief is in sight as a tropical low moves out to sea.

The total damage from Hurricane Helene to North Carolina – be it physical, psychological or economic – is difficult to quantify. But the numbers reported by the Office of State Budget and Management are harrowing: over 100 deaths, US$59.6 billion in damages and thousands of homes destroyed, as of Dec.…