The Latest Breaking News from Flood

The Thames estuary in southeast England — the tidal stretch of the river — once supported extensive saltmarshes, seagrass meadows and oyster beds. These shallow areas, which flood and drain with the tides, provided vital feeding and nursery grounds for fish. But centuries of urban development have replaced them with…

Flood and weather alerts in place across western half of region as parts of Iraq and Iran also face significant rain

Twelve flood warnings were in place across England early on Monday morning

The Met Office advises of possible flooding from Monday into Tuesday.

The Met Office says travel could be disrupted and power outages are possible

Heavy downpours are particularly likely in south Wales, south-west England, and Cumbria

At dawn in the town of Mai Mahiu, Kenya, all is quiet. No goat bells ring, no voices call across farm fields, there is no rustle of maize leaves in the morning wind. Instead, the air smells of churned mud and uprooted vegetation, a reminder of the April 2024 floods…

A man clinging to a tree on the Guadalupe River and screaming for a helicopter rescue

Emergency crews are racing against time after catastrophic floods and landslides struck parts of Asia, killing more than 1,500 people