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...
U.K. Towns Face More Floods as Insurer Losses Estimated at $1.6 Billion February 11, 2014 By Alex Morales and Eddie Buckle Waterlogged towns on the River Thames west of London braced for more floods as rains persisted across southern England and...
Western U.K. Homes Remain Powerless after Storms Batter Coast February 6, 2014 By Brian Swint and Eduard Gismatullin Hundreds of homes in western England and Wales remained without power today after storms cut lines and damaged railway tracks....