Amid the despair and the mounting death toll in Germany and Belgium are questions about how such a disaster could have happened. The flooding followed record rainfall in parts of western Europe ...

Flooding in western Europe after days of heavy rain caused houses to collapse. With around 170 people reported dead and many more missing, officials said the German government and Parliament would ...

Dozens of people have died and many more are missing after severe floods in Germany. Other areas of Europe, such as Belgium and the Netherlands, have also been badly affected. After an election ...

Widespread flooding in July 2021 that struck Belgium, Germany, and surrounding countries killed more than 200 people. Overall, extreme weather in Europe has caused economic losses of assets ...

In some more rural areas, it has already burst its banks. Authorities in Brandenburg in eastern Germany continue to prepare ...

Neglecting animals in emergency plans heightens mental health distress, disrupts evacuations, and amplifies trauma for those ...

Floods have killed at least 89 people in Germany, Russia, Austria and the Czech Republic over the last week, after torrential rains sent a huge surge of water through river systems. At least 10 ...

Watching the news of Hurricane Ida, I was stunned by how it caused flooding in the northeast. Ida made land in Louisiana. Those images were devastating, but hurricanes in the Gulf are somewhat ...

We’ve witnessed some terrible scenes of flooding this year, including across the US, China, Germany, Belgium and in many parts of the UK. Fascinated by water from childhood, natural hazards ...

Nearly 200 people have died in floods in Germany and Belgium. There have been similar reports of flood devastation from Henan province in China, from London, and Maharashtra, where it’s ...

The floods destroyed houses, roads and railway lines in a vast area that used to be part of the former East Germany. Years of infrastructure investment were suddenly swept away. Although the ...