Austria is drawing up incentives for companies to increase drilling for geothermal heat, as part of efforts to secure clean ...

Increasing the water’s force, rather than letting it jump out of the streambed and meander through the floodplain, can wash out rip rap and bridge abutments as well as carve the river channel ...

The Severn analysis shows that floods in the last 72 years of monitoring are not exceptional in the context of paleo-flood records of the last 4,000 years. The largest flood in the Upper Severn ...

Austria’s economy is set to contract for a third consecutive year in a blow to plans to narrow the budget deficit that are a cornerstone of the country’s new coalition government.

A photographer, an airline pilot, a ship’s captain and others reveal where you’ll find the most spectacular, intriguing and ...

Verbund is the leading power producer in Austria and has a unique power-generation mix with hydro accounting for more than 90% of power output. It operates hydro assets through long-term concessions.

Restraining rivers through stop banks and channels transfers and heightens flood risks downstream. Allowing them to roam free limits flooding and delivers other ecological benefits.

And not just any river. This 77-mile trail follows the Lech — one of the wildest watercourses in central Europe, which floods ...

Perils has updated its industry-loss estimate for the September floods in Central Europe and Italy to EUR2.19bn ($2.4bn).

A proposal to convert offices into 72 flats on a flood plain has been approved. Edco Ventures Ltd has submitted an application to determine if prior approval is required to convert offices in ...

Empress Elisabeth of Austria remains a figure of fascination 125 years on. Beautiful, tragic, powerful – it is easy to understand why the tale of this ill-fated royal beauty has captured the ...