Climate change could increase flood threats without improvements to defences, the Environment Agency warns.

Nearly a million more homes are at risk of flooding than there were six years ago, according to the Environment Agency.

The assessment also found about 2.4 million properties, from houses and flats to caravans, care homes and businesses, are in ...

The audit accuses the MTA of having gaps in its preparations for extreme weather, with particular concerns about maintenance ...

London is the most affected area, with more than 300,000 properties already at high risk of surface flooding. However, the EA has also included its first assessment to consider the warming climate.

The yellow section indicates the tsunami hazard area. (A list of Southern California locations most at risk for flooding from a tsunami can be found here.) In Crescent City, there are still ...

based on the agency’s latest assessment released on Tuesday. Carola Koenig, from the Centre for Flood Risk and Resilience at Brunel University of London, said the report should “act as a wake ...

"Too many communities" are exposed to flooding, the government said, as updated mapping from the Environment Agency identified thousands more properties at risk. Thousands more homes in England ...

In its first assessment of how a warming world could affect flooding, the EA warned of increasing threats from heavier rainfall and rising sea levels. The number of at-risk properties could be ...

Nearly a million more homes are at risk of flooding than there were six years ago, according to the Environment Agency. A new assessment from the agency has found 6.3 million homes are at risk of ...