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Where to Live When the 2050 Floods Come In
A new interactive map helps to find the newest riverside views – where your old flat used to be.
Crocodiles Seen on Queensland Streets During Record-Breaking Floods
“There’s crocodiles swimming around in the flood water now because the crocs want to find the nice calm water rather than the rushing river water.”
Burning Man Has Fallen: Attendees Warned Not to Arrive Due to Flooding From Storms
The gates to the annual gathering attended by wealthy CEOs and celebrities remain closed this week due to storms battering the U.S.
First Blood, Now Floods: These Farmers Are Battling Bandits and Climate Change
Devastating floods have killed more than 600 people and displaced 1.4 million. Nigeria’s food basket was already suffering from problems with armed bandits, but now swathes of it are underwater.
Houston’s Solution to Climate Change Is to Force Low-Income People to Move
“Where are these poor people going to live? What’s happening to us is an injustice.”
Video Shows Surging Water From a Melting Glacier Destroying a Landmark Bridge
Global warming is a stark reality for communities close to Pakistan’s melting glaciers. It has 7,253 glaciers – the highest outside the polar regions.
Australia Is Experiencing Some of the Worst Flooding in Its History
The freak weather event, which has claimed at least 20 lives so far, has been called “a natural disaster of unprecedented proportions.”
Canada’s Known for Years Indigenous Peoples in BC Aren’t Safe From Flooding
A system of dikes meant to protect the Lower Mainland from flooding excludes many First Nations. The federal government admits some have “no dike protection at all.”
Floods Are So Bad Farmers Are Rescuing Cows With Sea-Doos in British Columbia
One person is confirmed dead and others are missing as torrential rain, floods, and mudslides devastate the Canadian province.
Flash Floods Are Proof That Climate Disaster Is Already Here
The catastrophic floods in London, Germany, Belgium, China and India are a wake-up call for the world.
‘Mom, I Don’t Think I Can Make It’: Inside the Subway Train Flooded by Extreme Rainfall
At least 12 people died in the subway system as a record-breaking rainstorm hit central China.
Dozens Dead and More Missing After ‘Catastrophic’ Flooding in Germany
The political leader of one of the worst affected states warns that the region needs more urgent help.