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Dozens rescued from homes in Islington as burst water main sparks flooding chaos

Dozens were rescued and many more evacuated after a burst water main flooded homes and streets in Islington on Tuesday

Evening Standard

France ends record 40-day streak of consecutive rain but authorities warn of possible flood risks

Authorities urged the public to exercise caution, warning that many affected areas remain under flood risk. The country's national meteorological service says rain is forecast to resume on Thursday evening.

Euronews

Bring in Dutch water experts to stop the endless cycle of flooding in Britain

Letters: Andrew Hiscock says the Netherlands’ handling of flooding in 1953 has stood it in good stead. Plus letters from John Sergeant and Michael Heaton

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Texas official asks state not to renew Camp Mystic’s license after tragic flood killed 25 campers: ‘It would be naive’

Both the Texas Department of State Health Services and Camp Mystic are facing multiple lawsuits over the dealy flash floods

The Independent UK

Insurance Gap Alert: 15 Home Hazards Most Policies Don’t Include

You trust your homeowners insurance to save you when disaster strikes. You pay the premium, sign the paperwork, and stash the policy somewhere safe and then move on with your life. But here’s the hard truth: standard homeowners insurance leaves some major holes, and those gaps can cost thousands if…

Everybody Loves Your Money

Caledonian Road flooding LIVE: Over 170 properties still without power as scale of damage in Islington emerges

Residents and businesses evacuated from properties as water swamps large areas of Caledonian Road

Evening Standard

Armed police flood Iran’s universities to crush student protests

Campus clashes provide uneasy backdrop to third round of talks on nuclear programme in Geneva

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'You are in danger': hundreds call for help amid storms

Heavy rain, high winds and life-threatening floods have brought chaos to city and suburban streets as authorities respond to hundreds of emergency calls.

AAP

Dan Patrick seeks to block Camp Mystic’s summer reopening pending inquiry into July 4 flood deaths

The lieutenant governor’s request to delay renewing the camp’s license came hours after parents who lost children in the July 4 flood sued the state for its alleged failure to enforce an evacuation plan requirement.

The Texas Tribune

Bitcoin Braces for 'Massive Trigger' — Could Trillions Flood the Market?

Bitcoin enters 2026 under pressure with significant price swings and regulatory focus. Discover how the Clarity Act could shape the crypto market's future.

International Business Times UK

Severe flooding – in central Australia? How a vast humid air mass could soak the desert

On average, Australia’s driest town, Oodnadatta, gets just 172mm of rain a year. But the small town in inland South Australia is likely to get two years’ worth of rain in a single week.

The Conversation

250 million-year-old amphibian fossils from Australia reveal global spread of ‘sea-salamanders’

The Kimberley region in the north-west corner of Western Australia is full of rugged ranges and gorges, and long stretches of red soil and rocky ground. The dry seasons are long, and the wet seasons often flood the Martuwarra Fitzroy River – an artery to the Indian Ocean – in…

The Conversation

Nation faces days of severe thunderstorms, flood risks

Flood warnings have been issued for multiple states and territories as a days-long big wet is forecast to dump hundreds of millimetres of rain.

AAP

‘Humid and unstable airmass’ to bring rain, flooding and thunderstorms across Australia’s east coast

Life-threatening flash flooding warned for central Queensland and NT as long-awaited rain brings landslide threat to bushfire-affected Victoria

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“I think I have 11 counts of breaking and entering on my criminal record": How Nickelback's nostalgic Photograph spawned a flood of memes and the unwanted attention from a soon-to-be-impeached American President

This 2005 Nickelback hit single just won't go away, so you may as well read about it

TechRadar

'We will not...flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop,' new Xbox chief promises Xbox fans

Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft, and Asha Sharma is the new lead and promises a renewed committment ot Xbox and not so much AI.

PC Gamer

New Xbox boss promises no 'soulless AI slop' after moving over from Microsoft's CoreAI products division

"We will not chase short-term efficiency or flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop," said Asha Sharma, the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming.

GamesRadar

New Xbox CEO, a former Meta and Instacart exec brought in from Microsoft's AI division, says "we will not chase short-term efficiency or flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop"

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This waterlogged corner of England was once only habitable during summer. Climate change could make it so again

Standing on the hills looking out across flat green fields, linked by a network of hedgerows, copses and small settlements, the Somerset Levels looks like quintessential English countryside.

The Independent UK

Anonymous donor gives Japanese city £2.7m in gold bars to repair water system

Donor says they decided to offer help after seeing flood of news reports about country's broken water pipes

Euronews

Western France floods deepen after 35 days of rain

After 35 days of rain, France battles major floods, evacuations and power cuts while forecasters say rivers will keep rising despite drier weather ahead.

Everybody Loves Your Money

5 High-Risk States Where Millions of Homes Still Don’t Have Flood Insurance

Water doesn’t negotiate. It doesn’t check your deductible, and it certainly doesn’t care whether you thought your homeowners policy covered flooding. Across the country, millions of people live in states that rank among the riskiest for flooding, yet huge numbers of those homes sit completely uninsured against rising water.

Times Life

How the Mahabharata War Reshaped the Political Map of Bharat

The Mahabharata war, traditionally placed between 1500 BCE and 900 BCE depending on scholarly interpretation, marks a turning point in early Indian civilization. While historians debate its exact dating and scale, the epic and Puranic traditions preserve a memory of large-scale dynastic destruction, territorial shifts, and ecological change. The political…

The Conversation

How the UK is keeping flood insurance affordable – until 2039

While floods are becoming more frequent in recent years, you should still be able to buy reasonably priced home insurance. That reassurance exists largely because of Flood Re. Launched in 2016, Flood Re is a national public–private reinsurance scheme that prevents many properties from being priced out of cover.

Euronews

France maintains red flood alert as Storm Pedro hits southwest

France has experienced 35 consecutive days of rain, the longest uninterrupted period on record.

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