The Latest Breaking News from Flood

In recent weeks, powerful atmospheric river storms have swept across Washington, Oregon and California, unloading enormous amounts of rain. As rivers surged, they overtopped or breached multiple levees – those long, often unnoticed barriers holding floodwaters back from homes and towns.

Deadly flooding has hit Malaga, Spain, with a rare “red weather alert” being issued following a torrential storm.

Málaga province recorded the most incidents, with 343 cases. Regional government activated flood emergency plan as 36 municipalities deployed protection.

Far North residents are bracing for weeks of isolation and flooding with a monsoon expected to dump hundreds of millimetres of rain.