UK Is Far From Climate Proof Due to Poor Planning, Officials Say March 13, 2024 By Olivia Rudgard and Laura Millan The UK has failed to prioritize climate adaptation to risks such as floods and heat waves, putting British citizens and...
UK Braces for More Hurricane-Strength Winds From Next Atlantic Storm January 23, 2024 By Eamon Akil Farhat and Brian K. Sullivan Just over a day after Storm Isha started to clear, the UK is bracing for more hurricane-strength winds off the...
Hurricane-Force Winds Cause Chaos, Blackouts Across Europe January 22, 2024 By Priscila Azevedo Rocha, Lars Paulsson and Elena Mazneva Storm Isha is causing travel disruption and power blackouts across northern Europe, as it brought hurricane-force winds to the UK...
Storm Henk Causes Estimated £150 Million in UK Insured Losses: PwC January 10, 2024 By Carolyn Cohn and Simon Jessop Storm Henk, which battered Britain last week, caused around 150 million pounds ($190 million) in insured losses and damaged around...
Extreme Cold Grips Nordic Countries as Floods Hit Western Europe January 4, 2024 By Jan M. Olsen Europe experienced stark weather contrasts on Wednesday, with extreme cold and snowstorms disrupting transportation and closing schools in Scandinavia while...
Storm Gerrit Batters Northern UK, Damaging Houses, Knocking Out Power December 29, 2023 A storm that battered the UK with high winds and heavy snow damaged houses, canceled trains and left thousands of...
Insured Losses from Winter Storm Ciarán Range From €800M to €1.3B: Verisk November 9, 2023 Industry insured losses due to wind from Winter Storm Ciarán (also named Emir by the Free University of Berlin) will...
Storm Ciarán Batters UK and Europe With Punishing Winds and Heavy Rainfall November 2, 2023 By Todd Gillespie, Katharina Rosskopf and Anna Shiryaevskaya Storm Ciarán plowed through northwest Europe, tearing the roofs off some buildings, snarling transport networks and cutting power to more...
Western Europe Braces for Worst Storm of Season With Hurricane-Strength Wind Gusts October 31, 2023 By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Brian K. Sullivan Western Europe is bracing for the worst storm so far this season with hurricane-strength wind gusts and rain potentially disrupting...
Storm Babet Hammers Scotland With Warnings of Risk to Life, Flooding October 20, 2023 By Todd Gillespie and Lars Paulsson The UK’s Met Office warned of the possibility of severe flooding and loss of life in the northern part of...