Megaflood 'made Island Britain'
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Britain was separated from mainland Europe after a big flood about 200,000 years ago, a sonar study confirms.
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Allegations of a cover-up surround Britain's worst water poisoning disaster
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By Saeed Shah  Thames Water, Britain's leakiest water supplier, unveiled plans yesterday to build a giant pounds lbn reservoir to meet the increasing needs of customers in the South-east.
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LONDON -- Heavy rain caused flash floods in seaside communities in southwestern England yesterday, and dozens of people were rescued from cars, trees, and rooftops by emergency helicopters and lifeboats, officials said. About 50 people were trapped in their vehicles by the flood waters, with some managing to free themselves, officials said. The Coast Guard said 30 empty vehicles were ...
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Major shifts in the British marine environment are being partially driven by climate change, according to a new report.
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LONDON, July 23 -- Britain's worst flooding in decades left tens of thousands of families without water or electricity Monday night and forced thousands from their homes, including some dramatically rescued from rising waters by helicopters and boats.
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The government was accused of underestimating the scale of the floods as fire crews describe rescue effort as biggest in peacetime history.
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Tsunami-like waves created by an earthquake may have triggered the world's largest known hydrothermal explosion some 13,000 years ago, a federal scientist says
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A Â£30m online map is launched telling homeowners in England and Wales what risk of flooding they face.
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Geologists say the risk of a landslide in the Canary Islands causing a tidal wave able to cross the Atlantic is vastly overstated.
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The Azores islands in the mid-Atlantic have been placed on high alert for Hurricane Gordon.
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A generation ago, a battle was successfully waged on this rugged island to preserve what was left of its primeval forests, home to giant trees millennia old. Now tourism spawned by this natural heritage is threatening its survival.
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How a massive earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered sea surges and the deaths of thousands of people.
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After the tsunami disaster in Asia, some scientists have claimed that an even bigger catastrophe threatens Spain's Canary Islands, where a volcanic eruption could unleash a mega-tsunami which would flatten the ...
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Britain is seeking to legally annex stretches of the south Atlantic seabed in a bid to tap gas, mineral and oil wealth, in a move that could raise tension with Argentina, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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Water levels still rising as thousands hit by worst floods in modern British history.
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Climate change is warming Britain's waters, eroding its coastline, harming its marine wildlife and increasing the likelihood of devastating storms and floods, the government said in a report published Wednesday.