The death toll from floods in eastern Congo has almost doubled, reaching close to 400 people as of Sunday, according to a local official. The administrator of the worst-affected area, the Kalehe territory of South Kivu province, told The Associated Press by
A day and a half of nonstop rain has caused flooding in Italy’s populous Emilia-Romagna region, leaving at least two people dead as riverbeds left dry by drought overflowed their banks. One person was swept away by flood waters while riding a
A council who had promised London motorists they would not be slapped with a fines for driving in a low traffic neighbourhood went against its word. A staggering 421 penalty charge notices amounting to £54,370 had been issued by Lewisham Council to drivers who
The leaders of five European Union members helping the transit of Ukrainian farm produce to third-world countries on Friday called for EU action over a glut that resulted from the goods not leaving for their destinations, bringing down prices in their own
The Met Office has issued an urgent flooding warning that will see large parts of Britain drowned in heavy rain as a brutal storm sweeps across the Atlantic. A yellow warning of rain in now in place for South West England, running
The latest UK weather maps from WXCHARTS show a huge band of rain sweeping in from the Atlantic and smashing into the south-west on Thursday evening. This persistent rain continues throughout most of Friday, with the weather map showing most of Britain
Emergency services have been called to the scene of a multi-vehicle crash and flooding on the M25, causing traffic to grind to a halt on the motorway. According to National Highways, the incident occurred on the anticlockwise section between junctions 12 and
People living in the south-east have reportedly heard “big booms” tonight amid a flash-flooding and thunderstorm warning issued by forecasters. Netweather experts had predicted such weather after a day of widespread rain. Its warning will remain in place until at least tomorrow
After four days of destructive wind and rain, local communities and relief workers are now confronting the aftermath of Cyclone Freddy which has killed more than 250 people and displaced tens of thousands of others across Malawi and Mozambique and may still
Beavers in North Yorkshire have built a giant 70-metre dam which acts as a flooding safety feature for the people of Pickering. The dam is the largest of its kind constructed by beavers in England, enabling the 7,000 occupants of the small