The Latest Breaking News on Floods

After years of setbacks, the UK has finished its £120m flood defence scheme. The 17km barrier promises protection, but doubts over resilience remain.

Punjab reels from worst floods in decades as 3.5M people are displaced and farmland is left ruined.

A federal report warns Queensland is ground zero for climate risk, with homes and insurance markets under pressure from rising disasters.

The fields are full but the paddy brown and wilted, and the air thick with the stench of rotting crops and livestock -- the aftermath of record monsoon rains that have devastated India's breadbasket.

State faces more frequent heatwaves, floods, cyclones and bushfires – and many homes will be uninsurable, national climate risk assessment warns

At least 17 dead as torrential downpours trigger landslides, while heavy rain lashes India, Pakistan and Australia

Displaced families have begun returning to homes in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province as floodwaters significantly recede

The Philippine defense and military chiefs have rejected a call for the country’s armed forces to withdraw support from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Allegations of massive corruption in flood control projects have implicated several congressmen and public works officials and sparked pockets of street protests

Officials say floodwaters that threatened a major town in eastern Punjab province have started receding, sparing its 700,000 residents

A weeklong state of emergency has been declared for floods that have left at least 21 people dead.

This monsoon season has brought severe destruction to India’s northern states. There were cloudbursts in Uttarakhand, flash floods in Himachal Pradesh, landslides in Jammu and Kashmir, and Punjab saw its worst flood since 1988.