Royal Marines have been deployed on the Somerset Levels to help reinforce flood defences, with residents in the area encouraged to evacuate. The chairman of the...
Further torrential rain and strong winds are likely to bring flooding to areas of the UK that have so far managed to avoid the worst of...
Heavy rain and strong winds are set to continue into the weekend in parts of Britain, according to the Environment Agency, as the military is drafted...
The stormy weather, comprising of heavy rainfall and gale-force winds, is set to continue in parts of Britain for the rest of the week and into...
The UK must spend an extra £500m over the next four years to prepare for the increased risk of flooding brought by climate change, government climate...
Parts of Britain “may not be defensible” against flooding and therefore retreat has to be considered as an option, according to an academic from Newcastle University. ...
More heavy rain and high tides are to hit the south and west of the UK, bringing further flooding, as experts warn that the UK will...
The government may send the military to the heavily flooded Somerset Levels to assist people who have been cut off since Christmas, the environment secretary has...
The government is cutting flood spending in real terms, just as the country is hit by even more damaging floods. Blaming the Environment Agency for the...
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The government’s spending on preparing for the effects of global warming has almost halved since the current environment secretary Owen Paterson took office, newly released figures...
The Environment Agency is facing a furious backlash over its responses in flood-hit areas of the UK, as communities in England and Scotland have been warned...
Former environment minister Lord Rooker has said that planting more trees in the UK could prevent floods, as their roots would help trap excess water. He...
The government has been forced to make an embarrassing climb-down over its claims that it is spending more on flood defences than ever before. On Thursday,...
The government must show political leadership to push forward ‘back-to-nature’ flood defence schemes that could protect flood-threatened properties at a fraction of the cost of conventional...