The Latest Breaking News from Flood

“It would be decimated”: Furious residents fight council's 'unjustified' plans to destroy trees around beauty spot

Council bosses say the trees must be removed as part of a flood mitigation plan

Manchester Evening News · Mar 31, 2023

Plea to Scottish Water to stop 'recurrent' flooding in Clydebank

The streets in Linnvale are prone to flooding whenever there is heavy rainfall.

Glasgow Live · Mar 31, 2023

Bristol weather: Met Office forecasts seven-hour deluge of heavy rain

Flood alerts are in force around England

Bristol Post · Mar 31, 2023

California Farms Grapple With Flooded Fields, ‘Hundreds Of Millions’ In Damage

Storm damage has put the state's massive agricultural output, which supplies more than one-third of the nation, in danger.

Zenger · Mar 29, 2023

Riverina council repairs 40-metre pothole created during 2022 flood disaster

A roadway chasm that reached a depth of nine metres took more than a bit of hot mix to patch up in western NSW.

ABC News · Mar 29, 2023

Key lines from Elon Musk, others’ call to pause AI development

"Should we let machines flood our information channels with propaganda and untruth?"

Axios · Mar 29, 2023

How to protect your home–and your wallet–against natural disasters

Earthquakes, tornados, floods, and fires: Often, the less obvious risks cause the most damage to our homes.

Fortune · Mar 29, 2023

Worry and suspicion reign as once-dry Tulare Lake drowns California farmland

CORCORAN, Calif. — Sixth Avenue used to cut through miles of farmland. Now, the road has disappeared under muddy water, its path marked by sodden telephone poles that protrude from the swelling lake. Water laps just below the windows of a lone farmhouse that sits alongside the submerged route.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 29, 2023

Flood-ruined WA bridge to be rebuilt six times stronger

A longer, sturdier bridge will be built over WA's Fitzroy River after unprecedented flooding washed away the old one in January, cutting a key transport route.

AAP · Mar 29, 2023

After the Mickleham quarantine hub was used for flood victims, documents show violence and drug use were rife

Documents obtained by the ABC under Freedom of Information record dozens of incidents involving violence and drugs at a former COVID-19 quarantine facility used to house flood victims.

ABC News · Mar 28, 2023