For decades, China’s housing market expanded at remarkable speed, focused on delivering enough homes for rapid urbanization. The results were clear: ...

Households have been given advice on how to safeguard their homes and belongings as flood alerts have been issued. There are 99 flood warnings and 158 flood alerts in England as the government warns ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A pair of friends whose St. Petersburg homes were flooded by Hurricane Helene have opened a new business, Dam It Defense, which sells barriers aimed at preventing flooding. “We ...

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Sir, – Given the ongoing impact of recent flooding arising mainly from rainfall events, it is timely to consider whether the current focus on flood defence walls, “interim measures” and weather ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – FEMA has released new draft flood maps that could change how flood risk is measured across parts of Harris County. Officials with the Harris County Flood Control District say ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Flooding is an unfortunate part of life for millions of people in Southwest Texas. All over our community, neighborhoods have been hit by flooding events that have ...

Since its conception in 2008, advocates have called the "Ike Dike" project, with its giant gates and heightened dunes, the best rejoinder to the threat of extreme weather in Galveston. Critics of the ...

Ravindra Jayaratne receives funding from the Royal Society, UK. Maciej Pawlik is affiliated with the Green Party of England and Wales. University College London provides funding as a founding partner ...

Interim flood defence works will be put in place in Enniscorthy immediately, Taoiseach Micheál Martin told householders and business owners on a visit to the town on Monday. Viewing the damage caused ...

After years of delays, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has quietly posted a draft of Harris County’s new flood maps online, kickstarting a review process that could lead to the first major ...