How failings in flood alert system have left UK unprepared for future storms. Story by Lucie Heath • 5d. Last week Storm Bert brought mass devastation to parts of the UK.

Pett, in East Sussex, to benefit. Households urged to register for new, more targeted service. The Environment Agency has ...

A new early warning system is to be trialled in Devon in areas prone to flash flooding. It is hoped the alerts will give people "valuable minutes" to deploy flood gates and flood doors before ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released a vital message about a significant date approaching in under two ...

New yellow weather warning have been issued after an amber alert for thunderstorms and heavy rain as parts of the UK braced for flash flooding.The Met Office has now issued four yellow weather ...

The 'Armageddon alert', which was first trialled in 2023, is sent to phones across the UK to ensure people are aware of a ...

The government is testing the UK's Emergency Alert system on Sunday, September 7 at 3pm. It's important to note the message ...

Earlier on Saturday, an amber alert came into force for London, parts of the south and south east of England from 4am to 11am ...

Post office scandal has knock-on effects. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has given Fujitsu the old heave-ho from providing a flood warning system to the UK, just ...

Dhonau, who was also CEO of the National Flood Forum between 2006 and 2010, said: “The challenge now is to turn that into an efficient system like we have with river flooding.

A group of civil engineers, environmental scientists and social scientists from several universities, including UK and EKU, will study flash flooding in small head water streams in Appalachia.