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Extreme weather

19 September 2024

  • Firefighters use a dingy boat to evacuate civilians after flooding in Faenza, in the region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.

    Two missing and 1,000 evacuated as Storm Boris devastates northern Italy

    Meloni government accused of lacking will to confront climate crisis as floods cause havoc in Emilia-Romagna

  • Storm Boris hits northern Italy, bringing severe floods – video

    The storm has already killed at least 24 people in central and eastern Europe
  • A person stands at the bottom of some steps, next to a house with flood water coming to above their knees

    Storm Boris batters northern Italy bringing severe flooding and landslides

    Homes evacuated in Emilia-Romagna region as pounding rain ‘well beyond the worst forecasts’ sweeps in

18 September 2024

  • Two men unloading sandbags from the back of a small truck

    Floods in Poland and wildfires in Portugal show reality of climate breakdown, says EU

    Emergency crews battle to reinforce defences around Wrocław in Poland amid devastating rainfall

  • Wildfires rage across Portugal – video

    France, Greece, Italy and Spain have sent eight water-bombing planes through the EU’s mutual assistance mechanism.
  • George Monbiot

    More floods are coming to Britain, but you ought to know this: the system that should protect us is a scandal

    George Monbiot
    A network of public bodies are supposed to safeguard us from flooding. But, like old boys’ clubs, they are bastions of self-interest, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

17 September 2024

  • A flooded road in Nysa

    Central Europe braces for further flooding as swollen rivers continue to rise

    Deadly Storm Boris has dumped up to five times average September rainfall in four days
  • A woman next to her home in Covelo, Gondomar, northern Portugal.

    Portugal wildfire deaths rise to seven after firefighters trapped in blaze

    More than 50 people injured as 54 fires burn across country amid hot, dry and windy weather

  • People evacuated via helicopters after catastrophic flooding in central Europe – video

    At least 16 people have died after torrential rain in central and eastern Europe

16 September 2024

  • Buildings are submerged under water in Maiduguri, Nigeria.

    More than 200 inmates escape Nigerian prison in aftermath of flooding

  • General view taken by drone of a flooded area of Nysa

    Death toll reaches 16 as ‘dramatic’ flooding in central Europe continues

  • A swollen river in Bělá pod Pradědem in the Czech Republic.

    Europe live
    Europe floods: death toll rises – as it happened

  • The submerged cemetery in Kłodzko, Poland

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    Submerged cemeteries and collapsed bridges in drone footage of Europe floods – video

  • Climate scientists troubled by damage from floods ravaging central Europe

  • Storm Boris batters central Europe – in pictures

  • Weather tracker
    Weather tracker: Storm Boris brings catastrophic flooding to central Europe

15 September 2024

  • People in chest-high water outside a house in Romania

    ‘Catastrophe of epic proportions’: eight drown in Europe amid heavy floods

  • A car splashes its way through a large pool of water on the road that comes up to its number plate

    Key flood defences in disrepair across England as wet autumn looms, data reveals

14 September 2024

  • Waters seep through a town in Ghor province.

    War, deforestation, flooding: in Afghanistan they are all linked

    Always prone to natural disasters, the country’s plight has worsened, and not only because of the climate crisis

13 September 2024

  • A newscast screengrab of a man holding another man up in high floodwaters

    ‘Gotta save lives’: Louisiana nurse saves motorist during Hurricane Francine

    Miles Crawford made the heroic act in floodwaters during category 2 storm that tore through Louisiana
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