Mixed messages and confusion cost lives, dozens of local residents and experts say. More than 220 people died and nearly 80 ...

When Hurricane Helene hit Valle Crucis in North Carolina, the creek across the Watauga River was already overflowing from 11 ...

Devastating flooding in South Sudan is affecting around 1.4 million people, with more than 379,000 displaced, according to a ...

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European football's governing body UEFA has ensured tributes will be paid to the victims of the Spanish floods at its ...

A year’s worth of rain fell in just eight hours around Valencia, Spain’s third most populous city, fueling the worst natural ...

A boat in Catarroja - a decent way from the sea - lies half-wedged in a tree. A car sits, absurdly, on top of a children's ...

Floods left cars piled up like toys in streets, swallowed homes, and covered entire neighbourhoods in sludge as authorities ...

Officials say huge numbers of troops are being mobilised, but there are hardly any to be found. While police, paramedics, and ...

At least 95 people have been killed by severe flash floods in Spain, according to authorities on Wednesday, as emergency ...

The majority of those vulnerable to flooding—about 1.36 billion people—live in South and East Asia, with 329 million in China and 225 million in India, making up more than one-third of the world’s ...