Flood defence spending delayed for years in storm-ravaged cities
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Â· Up to Â£250m a year needed, say insurersÂ· Three dead and hundreds evacuated from homes.
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Home owners in north Wales hit by floods for the second time in less than a year say they face financial ruin.
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A far reaching consultation into plans to upgrade flood protection across the country is to be unveiled.
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Communities Secretary Hazel Blears says local authorities will be given financial aid to help deal with flood damage.
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Hurricanes cost taxpayers billions of dollars, but the government has not invested enough money in understanding them, according to a federal report released Friday that calls for more coordinated research.
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Water levels still rising as thousands hit by worst floods in modern British history.
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Science & environment: Some defences remain in poor condition despite 40% increase in funding, MPs' report claims
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Flooding killed 700 in 2001, but has claimed fewer than 10 lives this year, thanks to extensive preparations.
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Severe weather and heavy storms batter much of the UK, causing disruption and delay for travellers.
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Homes and businesses in England could be put at risk because flood defences need more work, a watchdog warns.
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Only $1 billion of the $77 billion the city is seeking from the Army Corps of Engineers is for infrastructure damages it says it suffered because of levee breaches during Hurricane Katrina. The rest is for such things as the city's tarnished image and tourist industry losses.
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Â· Torrential rains claim The Field's celebrated bridgeÂ· Country hit by flash floods, landslips and closed roads
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Eleven families are still unable to move back into their homes, 30 months after the floods which hit Carlisle in 2005.
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First came the floodwaters, then the paperwork. Billions of promised federal dollars to fix New Orleans' crumbling infrastructure have gone largely untapped a year after Hurricane Katrina. City officials complain that a snarl of red tape, restrictions and unexpectedly high costs have kept hundreds of public buildings in disrepair, streets pocked with potholes and most parks too dirty for children to play.
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Hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires: a year after Katrina, a tour of the American hazardscape shows that we haven't learned much
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Growing fears of war in Somalia are hampering flood relief efforts for thousands of people, the UN warns.
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UK High Street spending growth slows in August, partly hit by wet weather, a British Retail Consortium survey finds.