Floods

Government hopes £5.2bn flood defence plan and lower emissions can protect UK homes and businesses

Hundreds of lives have been claimed by devastating weather this year

Urban populations in coastal areas face most severe impacts from rising temperatures

Study warns of famine, extreme cold and rising sea levels if planet’s key heat distributor shuts down

Death toll mounts as tens of thousands flee homes following ‘worst rainfall in a millennium’

US envoy says COP26 will be ‘pivotal moment’ in ‘decisive year’ for environmental issues

Your digest of analysis and commentary from the British and international press

Catastrophic extreme weather may hand boost to rival Green Party campaign

Lunar cycles may mean an increase in floods across coastal cities, first-of-its-kind study finds

North-west England, Wales and parts of the west country experiencing heavy rainfall

Crops washout and coronavirus panic buying causing widespread shortages

Many parts of the UK and Ireland are braced for more flooding and 70mph winds

Met Office forecasts more rainfall in first half of March, potentially exacerbating flooding across the UK

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Wednesday 26 February

More than 400 homes and businesses in UK are flooded. Here’s how to cope

New forecasting project will cost £1.2bn of public money

Record number of alerts in place after second storm in seven days causes chaos

More wet and windy weather set to hit UK just a week after Storm Ciara

Prime minister faces second month of criticism over his response to the issue

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Friday 15 November

Record rainfall as winter starts early in the UK

Luigi Brugnaro calls for action after high tides kill two

Prime minister accused of ‘utterly outrageous’ lack of concern

Environmentalists say climate crisis is exacerbating natural disasters

More than 100 flood warnings in place in northern England after worsening disruption

‘Extreme risk’ alert as two people die in storm sweeping across Valencia, Alicante, Murcia and Almeria

Two alarming reports predict more extreme weather events for northern England

Met Office weather alert warns of strong winds, flooding and travel disruption

Environment Agency warns ‘we cannot win war against water’

High tide flooding closes shops, schools and tourist spots

Death toll continues to rise after flash flooding and landslides

Rescuers are unsure where to look for the young players, who got stuck in a network of caves last Saturday

National Guardsman missing after being swept away by rushing water in Ellicott City