The Hirakud Dam in Odisha is the longest dam in India. It controls floods, provides irrigation, and generates electricity for ...

Last September, torrential rains swept across West and Central Africa, causing devastating floods. Maiduguri, capital of the ...

China approved the world's largest hydropower project to begin construction, citing the economic benefits and need to shift ...

Groundwater levels in Salisbury Plain are starting to fall but remain high and over flood warning and alert thresholds. Areas that could be affected include: Winterbourne Gunner, Winterbourne ...

Phuntsok Tobgyal, the UN Advocacy Officer at the Office of Tibet in Geneva, raised serious concerns about the environmental ...

1809 March Significant flooding in Newtown, Hobart. Nash's mill washed away. 1811? In Hobart, said to be highest flood for 17 years. 1822? Heavy floods in parts of the state. 1828 September On 15th, ...

Aside from the flooding to the north, south-east Queensland faced its own flood threat when three extreme events combined to overwhelm the Wivenhoe Dam. The first was a large volume of water flowing ...

Further moderate to heavy rainfall is possible overnight Monday into Tuesday, which may cause renewed river level rises, with minor flooding possible from Tuesday morning. The situation is being ...