England Warns Nearly a Million More Properties Face Flood Risks December 17, 2024 By Jessica Shankleman Almost a million more properties in England are at risk of flooding than previously thought, raising concerns about a growing...
UK’s Thames Water Seeks Deal to Escape £104 Million Sewage Fine August 6, 2024 By Jessica Shankleman Cash-strapped Thames Water is seeking to strike a deal with its regulator to avoid a fine of £104 million ($133...
UK Water Companies Lambasted by Environment Agency for Sewage Releases July 23, 2024 By Sarah Young Britain’s Environment Agency on Tuesday lambasted the country’s water companies for spewing sewage into rivers and seas, saying the majority...
English Fishing Village Told to Boil Water After Parasite Outbreak Sickens Over 45 People May 20, 2024 By Brian Melley A scenic fishing village in southwestern England was under instructions to boil its tap water for a third day on...
Southern Water Fined for Sewage Spill That Killed 2,000 Fish in England February 28, 2024 By Jessica Shankleman Southern Water was fined £330,000 on Tuesday after admitting a raw sewage spill that killed thousands of fish on the...
UK Will Fail to Meet Flood-Defense Goals for Homes as Climate Threat Grows November 15, 2023 By Jessica Shankleman Hundreds of thousands of British homes will miss out on flood protections in the next few years as spending has...
UK Water Companies to Face Unlimited Fines for Polluting Rivers, Sea April 5, 2023 Water companies will incur unlimited fines for polluting rivers and the sea under new UK legislation to protect the environment,...
Vulnerable to Climate Change, England Must ‘Adapt or Die’, Agency Warns October 14, 2021 England will be hit hard by floods like those that devastated Germany this summer if the country does not improve...
Storm Frank Batters North Britain; Total Storm Losses Could Top $4.5 Billion December 30, 2015 By Carolyn Cohn and Kate Holton Torrential rain and gale force winds battered northern Britain on Wednesday, cutting power to thousands of homes and forcing some...
Update: U.K. Insurers Face Flood Claims up to $2.2B – with More Storms Ahead December 29, 2015 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Simon Jessop Insurers are facing some of the costliest British floods on record as large parts of northern England, already inundated, brace...