The Latest Breaking News on Floods

When it rains, stormwater runs down surfaces like streets and parking lots and into drains. Most of the time, we see it as a problem because it can cause floods. Recent storms across eastern Australia created huge amounts of stormwater and flooding.

Mangroves, vital in protecting villages from environmental disasters, have been destroyed to build luxury hotels

Cars left stranded as roads in Abbey Wood and Plumstead flooded

The scale of floods in Chennai may be different in 2023, but the problem areas are the same

New research links more than 150,000 infant deaths to 30 monsoons in the South Asian country

FLOOD alerts have been issued across Scotland with the Met Office also expanding yellow weather warnings.

People are bunkering down and authorities are on high alert as Tropical Cyclone Jasper crosses the Queensland coast as a category 2 system.

Floods, fires, historic storms — severe weather events are on the rise

Govt contemplates two options to address Velachery flooding: "cut and cover" channel & regular dredging of Pallikaranai marsh. 2005 plan estimated at ₹63 crore, revised to ₹131.9 crore in 2010. 2012 plan dropped due to land acquisition cost. 2021 govt gave undertaking to HC not to dredge except to remove…

A combination of heavy rain, snow, and wind is bringing threats of flooding and power outages to the Northeast

DMK's Thousand Lights MLA Dr. Ezhilan Naganathan faced angry constituents due to Cyclone Michaung's impact. He attended 3,718 calls, identified 43 low-lying spots, and set up shelter homes, community kitchens, and flood relief coordination committees. He drew inspiration from CM M.K. Stalin's hands-on approach to natural disasters. He believes Chennai's…