Environmental News from United Kingdom

EarthWire UK provides a daily overview of the environment in the UK as reported in the media. The web site is updated every day by a team of editors that reviews media sources for environmental news stories.

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1,000 flood defence schemes lack funding
Guardian Unlimited | 09 Feb 2011
Number of schemes receiving money down from 1,500 to 356, with major projects in Leeds, Thirsk and Morpeth hit. The potential impact of the government's cuts to flood defence spending across England was laid bare on Wednesday, with major projects in Leeds, Thirsk and Morpeth having their funding...

Northern Europe freezes, Cyprus in drought
Reuters | 01 Dec 2010
Heavy snow and sub-zero temperatures disrupted road, rail and air transport in many parts of northern Europe on Wednesday while the Mediterranean island of Cyprus suffered in the heat after its driest November in more than a century.

Climate Change | Drought | Extreme Weather | Floods | Floods and Hurricanes

In praise of... Sunderland Point
Guardian Unlimited | 16 Nov 2010
Choosing what to protect of Britain's vulnerable coastline is a difficult balancing act. Choosing what to protect and what to try to save from the stormy waters around the British coast is an invidious task. Sunderland Point (that's Sunderland, Lancashire, not Sunderland, Tyne and Wear) is typical...

UK crops to face water supply crunch, may relocate
Reuters | 18 Oct 2010
Agricultural crops in Britain may need to be moved to new areas as the threat of both drought and flooding rises in the coming decades, a report commissioned by the Royal Agricultural Society of England said on Monday.

United Kingdom | Agriculture | Extreme Weather | Floods and Hurricanes

Canada rain forest town tackles drought crisis
Reuters | 04 Sep 2006
A drought-hit resort town in Canada's Pacific rain forest is trucking in water to avert a total shutdown, but hotels and other businesses will have to severely limit consumption, the mayor said on Friday.

Drought | Floods | Floods and Hurricanes | Tourism and Biodiversity | Trade and Environment

Wetland valued for flood prevention and wildlife in Scottish Borders
Environment Times | 22 Aug 2006
The value of wetlands as flood prevention and wildlife refuges is being taken seriously in the Scottish borders

Floods and Hurricanes

Typhoon Kaemi reaches SE China
BBC | 25 Jul 2006
Half a million people are evacuated in south-eastern China ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Kaemi.

Drought | Floods and Hurricanes | Weather Conditions

Rains lash Kolkata
Yahoo! News | 19 Jul 2006
Heavy rains flooded large parts of Kolkata, disrupting transport, forcing shops and schools to close and leaving some residents stranded, police have said.

Floods | Floods and Hurricanes

China storm death toll rises to 198; destruction continues
Yahoo! News | 18 Jul 2006
The death toll in China from Tropical Storm Bilis has risen to 198, official media said, with 140 people still missing and heavy rain continued to pound the south of the country.

Extreme Weather | Floods | Floods and Hurricanes

Are there really more hurricanes?
New Scientist | 07 Jun 2006
As the season for hurricanes cranks up, so do the arguments about what is causing them. Now a meteorologist claims that the apparent increase in recent years - blamed on global warming - is an illusion.

Extreme Weather | Floods | Floods and Hurricanes

Government welcomes report on affordable rural housing
DEFRA - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 18 May 2006
A new report which highlights the need for more homes to help families in rural areas has been welcomed by Housing Minister, Yvette Cooper and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs David Miliband.

Tens of thousands evacuated as typhoon targets China
Reuters | 18 May 2006
China evacuated more than 600,000 people as the strongest typhoon on record to enter the South China Sea in May bore down on the south coast on Wednesday, causing flight and shipping delays around the region.

Flood warning over house building
Guardian Unlimited | 12 May 2006
Councils are ignoring advice of the government's own environment experts and allowing new homes to be built on flood plains, a committee of MPs warned.

New York warned to prepare for hurricanes
Reuters | 11 May 2006
A hurricane with only moderate intensity could wreak havoc in New York City because it has been years since the nation's financial center faced severe weather, government forecasters warned on Tuesday.

Economics and the Environment | Weather Conditions | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation

Cyclone Mala kills two in Myanmar
Reuters | 01 May 2006
Cyclone Mala killed at least two people in Myanmar and damaged hundreds of homes and several factories before petering out over the weekend, state media and the Red Cross said on Sunday.

Weather Conditions | Extreme Weather | Floods and Hurricanes

Danube bursts its banks
Nature | 01 May 2006
On 15 April, the River Danube reached its highest level for some 111 years, forcing residents of Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Serbia to flee their homes. With weeks of snowmelt and rain swelling Europe's second-longest river, the waters haven't dipped below that level since.

Economics and the Environment | Floods | Environmental Awareness | Education

Experts debate hurricane warnings
Reuters | 27 Apr 2006
Weather forecasters need to do a better job of translating their scientific data about threatening hurricanes into better-understood warnings, several experts said at a conference on Tuesday.

Experts debate beefing up future hurricane warnings
Reuters | 26 Apr 2006
Weather forecasters need to do a better job of translating their scientific data about threatening hurricanes into better-understood warnings, several experts said at a conference on Tuesday.

Global warming behind record 2005 storms-US expert
Reuters | 25 Apr 2006
A leading U.S. government storm researcher said on Monday that the record hurricane season last year can be attributed to global warming.

Australia bears onslaught of huge cyclone
New Scientist | 21 Mar 2006
A devastating tropical cyclone has ripped through north-eastern Australia, injuring people and destroying homes with gusts of up to 290 kilometres (180 miles) per hour.

Weather Conditions | Extreme Weather | Floods and Hurricanes | Disasters

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