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UK braces for wet weekend with 36 flood warnings issued

Heavy downpours are particularly likely in south Wales, south-west England, and Cumbria

The Independent UK

'Climate whiplash': East Africa caught between floods and drought

At dawn in the town of Mai Mahiu, Kenya, all is quiet. No goat bells ring, no voices call across farm fields, there is no rustle of maize leaves in the morning wind. Instead, the air smells of churned mud and uprooted vegetation, a reminder of the April 2024 floods…

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911 callers trapped in flooded attics and inundated camp cabins beg for help as floodwaters rise

A man clinging to a tree on the Guadalupe River and screaming for a helicopter rescue

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Survivors plead for urgent aid after catastrophic floods and landslides killed over 1,500 in Asia

Emergency crews are racing against time after catastrophic floods and landslides struck parts of Asia, killing more than 1,500 people

The Independent UK

How decades of deforestation turned Asia’s floods into one of the deadliest weather events of 2025

As renewed rainfall threatens even more devastation across parts of Asia, calls to fight deforestation are getting louder.

Euronews

Heavy Flooding Brought PWC Rescuers To This City, But Then Folks Started Shooting

300-year flooding has been ravaging some parts of Thailand and Southeast Asia, but not everyone has been thrilled about the PWC rescuers coming in from out of town.

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From the Miller’s Tale to King Lear’s roaring sea, a history of flooding in literature

Geoffrey Chaucer’s Miller’s Tale is renowned for its salacious storyline of sexual misadventure. Set in 14th-century Oxford, it tells the tale of John the Carpenter, a husband so terrified that another “Noah’s flood” is coming to drown the world that he sleeps in a basket in the attic – freeing…

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Asia floods: Death toll crosses 1,500 as rescuers race to reach isolated villages

Hundreds of villages remain buried under mud and debris

The Independent UK

Governments need to prepare for more frequent large floods

Flood management is a priority for many governments around the world. Recent floods have led to hundreds of deaths and caused significant damage in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Albania, Kenya and elsewhere.

The Conversation

Sri Lanka’s latest climate-driven floods expose flaws in disaster preparations – here’s what needs to change

When Cyclone Ditwah made landfall on November 28 2025, Sri Lanka experienced one of its deadliest environmental disasters in modern history.

The Conversation

Ellen DeGeneres' $30 Million Home Ravaged Again by UK Storm Floods — Is She Returning to Hollywood?

Ellen DeGeneres' £22.5M Cotswolds estate has been hit by flooding again, as reports suggest she and Portia de Rossi may be preparing to return to California.

International Business Times UK

What’s behind the massive death toll in floods across Southeast Asia – and why it should serve as a warning

Regional experts warn that without rapid cuts in fossil-fuel emissions and serious investment in resilience – from restoring forests to enforcing planning rules – disasters like this year’s may become regular rather than rare, Stuti Mishra reports

The Independent UK

Kerr County was among dozens of Texas communities to turn down state flood money, saying it wasn’t enough

Texas earmarked $1.4 billion to help fund flood prevention projects. But after learning that so many communities turned down the money, two lawmakers who approved the program acknowledged it was flawed.

The Texas Tribune

Deadly Asian floods are no fluke. They’re a climate warning, scientists say

Southeast Asia has been hit by unusually severe floods this year, with late storms killing more than 1,200 people and leaving hundreds missing across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand

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Camp Mystic announces enhanced safety plans after death of 25 girls, 2 counselors

The owners of Camp Mystic in Texas have announced new safety upgrades following a tragic July 4 flood that killed 25 campers and two counselors

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Families on rooftops, homes buried by mud: Asia floods show water is overtaking wind as main threat

Much improved response systems are struggling to cope with ever more powerful and destructive storms

The Guardian - UK

UK and Europe’s hidden landfills at risk of leaking toxic waste into water supplies

Exclusive: Rising flood risks driven by climate change could release toxic waste from ageing sites – posing threats to ecosystems

The Independent UK

Indonesia raises death toll to 753 after cyclone brings catastrophic flooding to Sumatra

Millions uprooted across South and Southeast Asia as rare cyclones and monsoon rains unleash deadly devastation

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Satellite images reveal scale of flood devastation in Sri Lanka as 366 killed

Sri Lankan leader says island battling ‘largest and most challenging natural disaster in our history’

Bangkok Post

Death toll of Hat Yai flood victims disputed

Rescue workers in Hat Yai district say the number of flood-related deaths is higher than official Public Health Ministry reports.

Evening Standard

Sepa flood alerts across majority of Scotland continue into Tuesday

It comes after heavy rain on Sunday and Monday.

The Guardian - UK

‘The current could kill an elephant’: Asia flood survivors describe escaping with their lives

From Thailand to Indonesia, torrential flooding has carried away people’s possessions, homes and lives

Evening Standard

UK sees soggy start to winter after wet but mild autumn

Parts of the UK were battered by heavy rain on Monday as meteorological winter set in, following an autumn which brought three named storms.

LiveScience

Once-in-a-century floods set to become annual events in northeastern US in the next 75 years, study finds

Rising sea levels and storm surges from hurricanes will bring more frequent extreme floods to northeastern U.S. states, including Connecticut, New York and New Jersey.

The Independent UK

Is it safe to travel to Thailand during severe flooding?

At least 181 people have died following torrential rain in the south of the country

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