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Millions at risk of floods in China’s Guangdong province after heavy rain
Officials urge municipalities to begin emergency planning after major rivers and reservoirs threaten to overflowMajor rivers,...
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Dubai floods: Chaos, queues and submerged cars after UAE hit by record rains
Passengers report being stranded in the desert city as the international hub struggles in the wake...
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Storm Kathleen: rescue operations as River Arun overflows in West Sussex
Emergency services dealing with incidents in Littlehampton and ‘severe flooding’ at a holiday parkThe River Arun...
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NSW weather: evacuated residents return to homes after weekend of heavy rain and floods
Hardest hit areas were Illawarra, Nepean and Hawkesbury and premier says 29 homes were completely inundatedFollow...
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Russia floods: waters rising in two cities and thousands evacuated after dam bursts
Federal emergency declared in Orenburg region and at least 6,000 homes inundated after Ural River overflowsFlood...
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Weather tracker: Flood fallout claims at least 20 lives in Brazil
Heavy rainfall brings landslides to country’s south-east. Elsewhere, a wild temperature fluctuation in IberiaBrazil was hit...
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Ex-Tropical Cyclone Megan: evacuations in NT ahead of ‘one-in-a-hundred-year flood’
McArthur River at community of Borroloola predicted to peak at 18 metres, three metres higher than...
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DRC’s worst floods in decades leave tens of thousands in temporary shelter
People in affected areas say they are still waiting for government help after more than 300...
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California drenched as atmospheric river tears across the state
Roads were flooded and trees toppled amid calls for people to get ready for powerful downpours,...
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Storms leave some Queensland residents ‘traumatised’ amid warnings of more heavy rain
Roads are cut off, more than 20 schools closed and a town flooded after heavy rainfall...
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‘We can’t engineer our way out of this’: how to protect flood-hit Severn Valley
Tens of millions have been spent on human-made defences over the years, but the impact of...
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California woman airlifted from truck after being stuck in swollen creek for 15 hours
Woman trying to cross rushing waters had climbed on top of overturned vehicle before she was...
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UK weather: Storm Jocelyn brings fresh travel disruption
Rail services to and from Scotland suspended until at least noon on WednesdayStorm Jocelyn has brought...
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Conservative ‘failures’ have led to more sewage pollution, say water experts
Increased flooding blamed on years of government delays over ‘sponge cities’ rulesIncreased sewage pollution, urban flooding...
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NSW police say man they shot dead outside medical clinic was armed – as it happened
This blog is now closed.Hotel in affluent Brisbane suburb ceases offering emergency accommodation after resident’s letter...
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Woman rescued after car swept into swollen Bendigo Creek as floods peak in Victoria
Man jumped into rushing flood waters and tied 74-year-old woman to a tree after she was...
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UK weather: England remains on flood alert as temperatures dip
Majority of flood warnings in south of England and Midlands, with some snow flurries overnightMore than...
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Cold weather alert issued amid 246 flood warnings in England and Wales
Health Security Agency issues week-long alert for vulnerable and elderly people across EnglandA cold weather alert...
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Warnings over further flooding after Storm Henk batters England – live
Environment agency says ‘significant surface water and river flooding impacts are possible’ on FridayIn Gloucestershire, police...
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UK weather: hundreds of flood warnings in place after heavy rain
Warning of ‘significant’ impact of surface water and river flooding across England, as showers forecast for...
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East coast weather: Victoria and NSW brace for heavy rain as more storms forecast for Queensland
Dozens rescued from flood waters and thousands remain without power as BoM warns of wild weather...
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‘Very daunting’: small NSW-Queensland border town pulls together after being cut off by flood waters
Tyalgum residents hit by devastating flooding in 2022 have stepped up to support each other again...
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Disaster relief nonprofit chosen for Queensland flood cleanup before Australian defence force
State government says group has specialist skills and appropriate agency is chosen at federal levelThe Australian...
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Growing proportion of England’s flood defences in disrepair, analysis finds
Poor state of critical assets in many parts of country leaves thousands of homes and businesses...