The polar vortex, which has brought severe disruption and record low temperatures to the US in recent weeks, has gone on to warm areas of Scandinavia,...
The UK government’s claims that it is spending more money on flood defences than ever before are incorrect, environmental campaigners have said. While just under 100...
On Monday the ever-reliable Jon Stewart, host of the The Daily Show on Comedy Central and frequent arbiter of good sense, returned from his Christmas break...
Experts have warned that the UK must prepare for more flooding and gale-force winds in the coming years, as climate change continues to make extreme weather...
The Environment Agency has warned that some parts of the UK remain at risk of flooding well into next week, with many regions already suffering at...
The Environment Agency has warned that severe weather poses a serious “danger to life” in some coastal areas, as extreme conditions continue to overwhelm the UK....
The amount of time energy companies took to restore power following storms over the festive period are to be questioned by the energy regulator Ofgem. Companies...
Environment secretary Owen Paterson has said that the UK is set to face further “exceptional weather”, with gale-force winds and heavy rain set to continue. Following...
There will be seemingly no let-up in the bad weather conditions in the early part of the new year, with forecasters warning of heavy downpours across...
Some power companies “let their customers down” while dealing with Christmas power failures, the environment secretary Owen Paterson has said. Meanwhile, forecasters have warned that more...
The Met Office has issued further weather warnings, anticipating more heavy rain and wind on Monday, as residents and authorities across the south of England continue...
An unusually warm summer in 2013 provided a much-needed boost to many of Britain’s native species, in what experts have called “one of the most remarkable...
Strong winds and heavy rain continue to batter the UK, causing severe disruption to Christmas travel plans across the country. Three people have died in the...
Three million properties in England are at risk of flash flooding, according to flood maps published by the Environment Agency on Thursday. An extra 2.4m are...
Air pollution from China’s coal plants was responsible for over 250,000 premature deaths in 2011, while also harming hundreds of thousands of Chinese children, according to...