Christine wanted to enjoy her retirement, but then the banks of a local brook burst and turned her and her neighbours’ lives upside-down, says Guardian deputy Opinion editor Kirsty Major ...

As Florida peaks during hurricane season, new flood protection products are entering the market. However, some residents are questioning the incentives to invest in them. Hurricane season is underway, ...

For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city of Juneau. But, flood barriers installed by the city managed to prevent ...

Under blue skies and sunshine, heavy metal flood barriers between about 4 and 6 feet tall were set up across Boston on Friday. Boston’s flood preparedness demonstration, which doubled as a training ...