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    • Saturday, 6 August, 2022
      Climate change
      Extreme weather patterns take deadly toll in Kentucky floods

      Records broken as region experiences three times the average monthly rainfall

    • Monday, 21 March, 2022
      Australia
      Australia’s cataclysmic floods raise spectre of communities’ permanent retreat

      Climate change is leaving cities across the world uninsurable, and evacuation may be the only solution

    • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
      Insurance
      Floods in Australia decimate insurers’ natural hazard budgets

      Rise in extreme weather-related claims fuels concern about impact of climate change on sector

    • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
      FT Magazine
      How Miami became the most important city in America

      Once a refuge for the divorced, bankrupt and unemployed, Miami has evolved into a paradise of freedom

    • Friday, 3 December, 2021
      Climate change
      La Niña expected to intensify global rain and drought after second consecutive year

      Weather pattern linked to floods in Australia, drought in Afghanistan and dry winter in US

    • Sunday, 24 October, 2021
      LexBig Data
      Flood risks: big data is helping business keep its head above water Premium content

      As threat to wealth and health grows, expect predictive technology to become equally vital

    • Monday, 18 October, 2021
      News in-depthClimate change
      Flooding could leave billions of US municipal debt under water

      Default rate on muni bonds may rise as cash-strapped cities struggle with extreme weather events

    • Saturday, 25 September, 2021
      John Dizard
      US is still grasping for a solution on how to insure against floods

      True cost of a Federal programme has been less than fully transparent

    • Thursday, 12 August, 2021
      Rachman Review podcast25 min listen
      Scientists aim to re-freeze polar ice

      As climate change accelerates, scientists look at ways to reverse environmental damage

    • Friday, 6 August, 2021
      News in-depthGermany
      Germany’s wine country counts cost of devastating summer floods

      Ahr valley vintners in race against time to harvest grapes that have made their region famous

    • Saturday, 17 July, 2021
      News in-depthGerman election
      Floods drive climate to heart of German election campaign

      Greens set to be biggest beneficiary of voters’ growing concern about freak weather events

    • Friday, 16 July, 2021
      Germany
      Climate change blamed for devastating German floods

      At least 103 dead and dozens missing in one of the country’s worst natural disasters for decades

    • Monday, 23 November, 2020
      Tide turns in favour of coastal defences with Manhattan projects

      Can leaders raise funds before, rather than after, a disaster?

    • Wednesday, 12 August, 2020
      Chinese economy
      Beijing on flood alert as rains hamper China’s economic recovery

      Deluges drive up food prices and worsen impact of coronavirus-induced slowdown

    • Tuesday, 10 March, 2020
      UK retail industry
      Storms and Covid-19 worries hurt high street retailers

      Stores and restaurants suffer most but online sales boost overall spending

    • Tuesday, 3 March, 2020
      Direct Line Insurance Group PLC
      Direct Line hit by coronavirus and flood claims

      FTSE 250 group encouraged by car insurance prices rising at same pace as payouts

    • Thursday, 20 February, 2020
      Climate change
      ‘Atmospheric rivers’ over Atlantic blamed for extreme UK flooding

      Weather expert identifies cause of recent deluge and says more is to come

    • Tuesday, 18 February, 2020
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      Climate change: can the insurance industry afford the rising flood risk?

      Floods were once considered too irregular to insure against. But global warming has changed the calculation

    • Monday, 17 February, 2020
      UK floods
      UK government defends flood planning after Storm Dennis

      Ministers say defences working but not all properties can be protected from climate change

    • Monday, 17 February, 2020
      Climate change
      Met Office to plough £1.2bn into weather supercomputer

      Forecasts will be faster, allowing policymakers to better tackle climate change issues

    • Sunday, 2 February, 2020
      UK floods
      Call for UK flood insurance scheme to be extended

      Aviva executive says Flood Re should also apply to homes built since 2009

    • Friday, 15 November, 2019
      UK floods
      Tide of anger rises in flooded Yorkshire village

      Fishlake locals hold authorities responsible for deluge that swept through community a week ago

    • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
      UK floods
      Military to be sent to flood-stricken areas of England

      Cobra emergency committee takes action as government response comes under fire

    • Monday, 11 November, 2019
      UK floods
      Boris Johnson calls emergency Cobra meeting over floods in north

      Corbyn says national emergency would have been declared ‘if this happened in Surrey’

    • Monday, 28 October, 2019
      UK floods
      Climate change increases flooding risk to homes, study shows

      More than 1.9m households likely to be affected by 2050, hitting insurance costs

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