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Coastal cities’ growing hurricane vulnerability is fed by both climate change and unbridled population growth

Warm water in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico can fuel powerful hurricanes, but how destructive a storm becomes isn’t just about the climate and weather – it also depends on the people and property in harm’s way.

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Dam collapse in Nigeria sweeps deadly reptiles into flooded communities

Officials in northeastern Borneo say that a dam collapse has unleashed severe flooding that has prompted evacuations and has swept deadly reptiles from a zoo into communities in the area

The Independent UK

South Sudan floods: the first example of a mass population permanently displaced by climate change?

Enormous floods have once again engulfed much of South Sudan, as record water-levels in Lake Victoria flow downstream through the Nile. More than 700,000 people have been affected. Hundreds of thousands of people there were already forced from their homes by huge floods a few years ago and were yet…

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A Libyan city scarred by disaster tries to rebuild a year after deadly flooding

It's been a year since two dams burst upstream from the eastern Libyan city of Derna, unleashing a wall of water that swept away thousands of people

The Independent UK

Rescue On As Typhoon Yagi Leaves 40 Missing, 63 Dead In Vietnam

Emergency workers raced to evacuate thousands of people from severe floods Tuesday after Typhoon Yagi swept through northern Vietnam, killing 63 people and leaving 40 others missing.

International Business Times

SES in hot water ahead of inquest into flood deaths

The State Emergency Service has been slammed for failing to provide evidence to an inquest into two deaths during a 2022 flood that ravaged a rural NSW town.

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New stormwater infrastructure is needed for Canadian cities to handle increased urban flooding

Urban flooding is increasingly concerning in Canada, where water drainage systems are at risk of being overwhelmed. Natural watersheds have been greatly altered by construction disturbing the natural ways that water flows from rainfall, across the land and into water bodies. The result is that drainage infrastructure must cope with…

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Heavy rain and flood warning issued for parts of Scotland this week

The Met Office has issued a heavy rain and flood warning for parts of northern Scotland this week.

The National (Scotland)

Mali, Niger scramble for international aid to deal with dire flooding

Mali has called on the international community for aid to deal with the fall-out of severe flooding which has hit the country in recent weeks. Over 40 people have died and thousands more are displaced. Neighbouring Niger is facing a similar situation with a death toll of over 270.

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Vijayawada floods: Several dead, lack of rehabilitation, demand for funds

National Disaster Security Force personnel Raja dusted off his palms against his neon orange shorts after yet another round of shifting people out of the flood-affected Ajith Singh Nagar area in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada. “I have witnessed several floods. I was in Chennai when it flooded eight months ago and…

Newslaundry

5 ways to protect your lawn from flooding — tips from garden experts

If you want to protect your lush lawn from flooding this season, follow these top expert tips for healthier grass.

Tom’s Guide

London weather: Capital to be battered by thundery showers as yellow warning issued

Flooding risk for parts of the UK with thundery rain predicted

Evening Standard

Body found in search for second British hiker missing in Majorca

Both are believed to have been swept away in flash flood after Spanish island hit with torrential rains

The Independent UK

Jamaica's female farmers rebuild after Hurricane Beryl through women-led cash voucher program

More than two months after Hurricane Beryl, the strongest July Atlantic hurricane on record, some farmers in Jamaica are still unable to restore their crops and repair their homes

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Pakistan hasn't learned lessons from 2022 deadly floods, experts say

Experts says that millions of people in Pakistan continue to live along the path of floodwaters showing neither people nor the government have learned any lessons from the 2022 devastating floods that killed 1,737 people

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‘This has been an extreme event’: Tasmanians take stock of damage after record flooding

Derwent Valley residents say the water rose at a frightening pace in the biggest flood since Meadowbank dam was built

The Independent UK

Met Office issues three days of weather warnings for heavy rain as summer officially ends

Temperatures are set to stay low as heavy rain hits England and Wales

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A sorry Saga as our home insurance rockets to an astronomical £4,730

Last year it was £440 and nothing has changed but we can’t get a reason for the huge increase

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Heavy monsoon rains and floods kill at least 33 in south India and 5 children in Pakistan this week

Officials say that heavy monsoon rains and floods killed at least 33 people in southern India and five children in Pakistan over the past two days

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'It was scary': couple's narrow escape from flooding

Wild weather and flooding has eased in Tasmania but damage assessments for dozens of at-risk properties have yet to be completed.

AAP

Snow alert warning amid wild weather clean-up

Melting snow could flow into bulging rivers in Tasmania, while tens of thousands of Victorians are still without power after days of wild weather.

Dynamite News

Rahul Gandhi urged congress workers to extend help to flood affected

Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday expressed grief over the flood situation in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Read further on Dynamite News:

International Business Times

Tropical Storm Triggers Landslides In Philippines, 11 Dead

Floods and landslides killed 11 people after a fierce tropical storm dumped heavy rain on the Philippines for a second day, officials said Monday.

The Independent UK

Storm floods northern Philippine regions, including capital, disrupting schools, work and travel

A slow-moving storm has unleashed pounding rains that flooded many northern Philippine areas overnight into Monday, prompting authorities to suspend classes and government work in the capital region and warn thousands of residents to prepare to evacuate from flood-prone villages along a key river

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About 600 homes damaged, 35,000 without power in Victoria amid wild weather

The south-east of the country is taking a battering and there is more to come as a ‘very strong cold front’ moves through on Sunday

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