The Guardian Europe
Experts say the key to flood-proofing your home is self-closing airbricks, flood tape, and a deflated football - because nothing says 'climate resilience' like a toilet full of sports equipment.
The Guardian Europe
Two workers are pulled alive from a flooded tunnel after nine days, giving hope and a very nonchalant 'OK' to rescuers amid Nepal's devastating floods.
UN News
UNICEF reports 22,000 Nepali children lack safe water after floods; supplies are on the way, but rebuilding is a long haul.
UN News
Nepal's flood death toll hits 903, making it the deadliest disaster since 2015, and the UN is doing its best to help while the roads - and the climate - fall apart.
The Guardian
A daughter uses TikTok to find her missing mother's last location after Nepal's deadly flash floods, while families wait for official help that may never come.
UN News
UN reports devastating floods in Nepal and China, with thousands displaced, infrastructure destroyed, and a swift humanitarian response underway - because water, it turns out, is not always life-giving.
The Guardian Europe
Indiana gets a record-breaking soaking, five deaths, and a whole lot of water where it shouldn't be, proving again that nature doesn't care about your plans.
The Guardian
Porto Alegre's flood-weary residents, still rebuilding after a deadly 2024 deluge, now face another El Niño with incomplete defences and government plans that feel less like protection and more like expulsion.
The Guardian
Scientists confirm that climate change made West Africa's floods five times more likely and 23% more intense, because of course it did.
The Guardian
Nigerians cope with floods, lost fish, and the sound of rain triggering 'ecological grief' - because apparently climate change also comes with a free anxiety subscription.
The Guardian
Typhoon Maysak floods China, releases cobras, and spawns tornadoes; Mumbai gets half a month's rain in a day; and a remote island remembers that volcanoes make wind worse.
The Guardian
Typhoon Maysak kills two, floods cities, and forces 48,000 evacuations in China, while Super Typhoon Bavi looms with 180mph winds. Climate crisis says 'you're welcome.'
TechCrunch
Waymo's robotaxis can't handle water, so the company is expanding its 'we give up' zone to four cities - because apparently, rain is still a mystery to AI.
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