A study published in Environmental Research Letters has exposed for the first time, how inhabitants of the smallest countries ...

A new study has exposed for the first time how inhabitants of the smallest countries globally, contributing least to climate change, already bear the brunt of its devastating consequences and the ...

A potential grant could fund a research project aimed at identifying coastal flood risk and water quality conditions of the Kennebunk River system. The Kennebunk Select Board voted unanimously ...

Economic losses from natural catastrophes are estimated at $280 billion for 2023, with floods accounting for $51.6 billion of ...

Some places will be dealing with river flooding issues for weeks.” The next hurricane name this season is Nadine. The article ...

A first-of-its-kind analysis has revealed a large but previously hidden chunk of the population at risk from flooding – with our most deprived disproportionately endangered. Modelling suggests ...

An example could be when a river bursts ... impact on the flood risk to a location. Image caption, This flood defence wall in Blackpool prevents waters spilling out beyond the coastal area.

A lot of people are bearing the full brunt of the risk of a flood." Also, the relative absence ... flooding their homes far from any coastline, river or lake. Similar stories unfolded in the ...

River Blackwater and the Cove Brook. Caroline Douglass, executive director of flood and coastal risk management at the Environment Agency, said: “Climate change means extreme weather events are ...