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Thunderstorm warning issued as thousands head to Ayrshire music festival

Met Office forecasters have warned of heavy showers and possible flooding.

Daily Record

Drug boss ran £4.5m drug plot to flood streets with heroin and cocaine

The seven-strong drug gang were caught out by their mobile phones

Liverpool Echo

Mayhem after rain again: several two-wheelers washed away, houses flooded at Padma Colony

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'Unacceptable' as Chilwell homes still uninhabitable after water pipe flooding

A Severn Trent pipe was damaged by "third party contractors on a construction site building new student accommodation" near High Road, Chilwell, early on Tuesday, March 7

Nottingham Post

Farmers still grappling with impact of 2022 NSW flood crisis optimistic about winter crop

Recent rain gives the farming sector hope for a successful winter crop, after a challenging six months following last year's devastating flooding.

ABC News

Yosemite flood risk, closures block some springtime visitors

Much of the famed valley at California’s Yosemite National Park will be temporarily closed starting Friday due to a forecast of flooding as rising temperatures melt the Sierra Nevada’s massive snowpack

The Independent UK

Months after major storms, California braces for snow-fed floods

California farmers worry that melting snow could inundate them with a new round of flooding.

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New Cumnock's £9m flood prevention scheme is completed

Councillors, children and contractors were on hand to declare the scheme operational.

Daily Record

Tent camp under construction for remote Northern Territory flood evacuees in Yarralin

With the flood-impacted remote Northern Territory community of Pigeon Hole still inaccessible by road after flooding in late February, its entire population will now move into temporary tent accommodation.

ABC News

New grants offered to River Murray flood victims as clean-up continues

Four months since the River Murray peaked at Mannum, local David Sharbel says he still spends up to five hours a day cleaning his flood-affected property.

ABC News

Millions living on city fringes at higher risk of climate disasters as federal government warned of 'national crisis'

The federal government is warned of millions of Australians at heightened risk of climate disasters due to homes being built on sprawling suburban fringes prone to floods and fires.

ABC News

Historic flooding in Fort Lauderdale was a sign of things to come – a look at who is most at risk and how to prepare

When a powerful storm flooded neighborhoods in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in April with what preliminary reports show was 25 inches of rain in 24 hours, few people were prepared. Even hurricanes rarely drop that much rain in one area that fast. Residents could do little to stop the floodwater as…

The Conversation

Yemen Faces Flood Warnings as Second Season Starts

With an air of confidence and a palpable sense of elation in his voice, Khalid Mohsen Saleh declared that this year’s farming season in Yemen will surpass all previous ones. Yemeni farmers have attested that the country has not experienced such persistent and abundant rainfall in years. Despite it sounding…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mitul Baruah’s Slow Disaster: Life of the storytellers of Majuli

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Flooding Mississippi River prompts evacuations, sandbagging

Some residents along the Upper Mississippi River were evacuated from their homes this week while others scrambled to prepare for near-record flooding

The Guardian - US

Yosemite closes parts of park as warm weather raises flood threat

While minor spring floods aren’t unusual, this season could be inundated from the melting of the historic snowpack

Daily Mirror

US weather: California major flood warning as heatwave set to trigger 'big snow melt'

Rescue crews are set to be put on standby amid fears that a mini-heatwave will speed up Sierra Nevada snowpack melts and cause devastating flooding to communities such as those in the Tulare Basin

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California's big melt is set to accelerate amid the first spring heat wave

Downstream communities under threat as state's historic snowpack melts.

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Daily Record

Call for close scrutiny of flood mitigation measures at proposed Craigie Hill Golf Club development

A Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) was submitted to Perth and Kinross Council to split the golf course in half and build 200 new homes and a community sports hub

Daily Record

Gang of thugs convicted over plot to flood Inverness streets with drugs

Police believe the drugs were being transported to the north of Scotland in order to be sold in the Highland capital.

The Conversation

Flood warning expert: I worked on UK's emergency mobile broadcast – here’s what we learn from tests like these

At 3pm on April 23, an unusual warning sound was emitted from millions of phones across the UK. This was the first test of the government’s national emergency alert system, which will eventually be used to warn people about nearby flooding, fires and other hazards.

ABC News

NT flood evacuees could face fines over criminal damage to Howard Springs facility, Natasha Fyles says

NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles confirmed the facility had been damaged by flood evacuees, including during a number of domestic violence incidents.

Tribune News Service

While waters recede in much of Minnesota, the Mississippi River continues to rise at St. Paul and downstream

Floodwaters started to recede Sunday in much of Minnesota, but St. Paul remained among the cities watching the water continue to rise on its riverfront.

The Guardian - UK

‘These alarms save lives’: Guardian readers on the UK public warning test

On Sunday 23 April at 3pm Britons will receive an alert on their mobile phone

AAP

Threatened species, artefacts mapped in canoe odyssey

A scientific and cultural expedition along Queensland's Mary River has documented flood impacts, endangered species and ancient Aboriginal artefacts.

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