Former senior figures within the Environment Agency said funding to maintain England's flood defences is an "ongoing issue" ...

A campaign group is calling on councillors to drop funding for a town's flood protection project in order to prioritise spending elsewhere. Save Our Sands (SOS) fears the Whitesands plans in ...

Ireland’s flood defences are “inadequate” and the State is poorly equipped to deal with extreme weather, the industry body for Ireland’s engineers has said. Just weeks after Storm Éowyn ...

The work is expected to be completed in time for ground nesting birds and tourists to arrive About 14,000 tonnes of sand and shingle will be used as natural flood defences along a stretch of ...

The organisation’s chair, Emma Boyd, said “we can’t win a war against water by building away climate change with infinitely high flood defences”, and warned that entire communities may need to change ...

aims to reduce flooding in Barberry Woods and The Cottages. Construction plans include a flood bypass channel, wetland storage cells, maintenance berms, and features for passive recreation such as ...

Plans for a new flood defence scheme in Tenbury Wells have been paused due to a funding shortfall. A wall on Market Street ruptured and collapsed from the force of floodwater in the Kyre Brook in ...

To reduce the risk of floods, the Insurance Council of Australia is asking the next federal government to invest $30 billion over the next 10 years into a new "flood defence fund". It has ...

An environmental group has called for a new pocket park to save a Sheffield district after a flood defence wall was swept away. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, you can get ...

About 14,000 tonnes of sand and shingle will be used as natural flood defences along a stretch of coastline to protect homes. The material will be taken north to Heacham and south Hunstanton in ...