Global heating of 2C would cause billions in damage each year by 2050, according to risk assessmentThe climate crisis will wipe at least 1% a year off the UK’s economy by 2045 if global temperatures are allowed to rise by 2C, the government has said.Mo…
The Big One: Canada floods show British Columbia is not ready for a powerful earthquake
As the province rebuilds after the atmospheric river, experts hope for a heightened focus on future quake hazards Canada’s largest port is shut down. Highways have snapped, buckled and crumbled. Bridges are washed into raging rivers and landslides rumb…
Flood risk for parts of UK as heavy rain hits Cumbria and Scotland
Environment agency and Met Office tell swaths of England, Scotland and Wales to brace for more rainSwaths of the UK have been told to brace for more heavy rain this weekend amid warnings of further flooding.The Environment Agency had a dozen flood warn…
Flooding in China forces 120,000 to flee homes amid record rainfall
Floods in Shanxi province destroy homes, force suspension of mines and wash away railway bridges More than 120,000 people have been forced to leave their homes after severe flooding in China’s northern Shanxi province that has affected about 1.75 milli…
Weatherwatch: sea rises threaten low-lying land in Vietnam
South-east Asian country has a monsoon climate, and 15% of land is less than five metres above sea levelLong and narrow, stretching from 9 to 23 degrees north of the equator, Vietnam is situated totally within the tropics. Like many countries in south-…
More Than’s refusal of our flooding insurance claim doesn’t hold water
Our home was damaged after torrential rain in July but the company says we are not coveredOne Sunday at the end of July our home, along with most of our neighbours’, was flooded after torrential rain. There was a foot of water in our kitchen. We were a…
Climate crisis: fifth of London schools now susceptible to flooding
Sadiq Khan to warn time is running out to tackle emergency as he puts pressure on UK government to actA fifth of London’s schools are now susceptible to flooding and millions of people living in the capital are at “high risk” of suffering from the effe…
Climate crisis leaving ‘millions at risk of trafficking and slavery’
Droughts and floods forcing workers from rural areas, leading to their exploitation in cities, report warnsMillions of people forced to leave their homes because of severe drought and powerful cyclones are at risk of modern slavery and human traffickin…
Over 20 people killed in US north-east amid sudden heavy rains and flooding
Deaths and damage spanned huge areas in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut and MarylandMore than 20 people have been killed in New York and the wider US north-east as the remnants of Hurricane Ida brought unexpected levels of heavy rain…
‘We left it in God’s hands’: floods wreck Spanish seaside town
Residents in Alcanar say they feel fortunate no lives were lost after intense rain caused heavy floodingPeople in the town of Alcanar in north-east Spain have been assessing the damage caused to homes and businesses by flooding produced by intense rain…