A new report has suggested that there is an increasing risk of natural disasters as more people move into urban areas. The Institute of Mechanical Engineers...
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has highlighted the vital role of water in sustainable development during a speech at the Budapest Water Summit. In his opening remarks,...
Around 800,000 homes in England and Wales could be affected by flooding in the next 10 years, according to a research by the London School of Economics...
MPs have criticised the government’s short-sightedness over investment in flood defences, which they say is threatening the UK’s food production. Speaking after George Osborne’s spending review...
Solicitors involved in property transactions will have to deal with increased flood risks in the future, affecting the saleability of homes, according to the profession’s trade...
Preliminary analysis by the Met Office shows increasing frequency of extreme rainfall – the kind of deluge you expect once every hundred days. With the frequency...
The wet summer leading to saturated ground, high rivers and groundwater mean we are likely to suffer severe floods throughout the autumn and winter. Today’s warning...