Danube disaster fears grow
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Ukraine's project to build a canal in the Danube Delta - a unique wetland area - alarms environmentalists.
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China's Sichuan province faced the  threat of epidemics on Wednesday after the worst flooding in a  century killed at least 172 people and left scores missing,  while water levels at the huge Three Gorges Dam swelled.
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Britain is mulling a second flood barrier for the River Thames in London, amid fears that current defences are inadequate, the environment minister said in a newspaper interview to be published Sunday.
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Residents across England brace themselves for floods as a key rail route is closed by rising water levels.
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Thousands are affected by flooding in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Mozambique, with at least 21 people dead.
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Flooding across much of West and Central Africa has killed at least 75 people and threaten around a half million, according to UN officials and government ay as several countries reported worsening conditions.
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Relations between Bucharest and Kyiv have been strained for some time over their inability to reach an agreement concerning the delimitation of the continental shelf around Serpents Island (Zmiyinyy Ostrov) in ...
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Families throughout Europe are spending anxious hours desperate for news of loved ones after giant waves slammed into some of Asia's most popular resorts at peak season, killing thousands of people.
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Ministers from countries along the Danube river basin adopt an action programme aimed at protecting the region from floods.
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Residents in parts of Perthshire are warned of a serious flooding risk, with levels expected to rise.
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Aid teams rushed from Europe to southern Asian countries devastated by tidal waves Sunday, warning that anything less than an urgent response would add many more deaths to a toll already in the thousands.
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The UK is set to be hit by more heavy rain following severe floods which claimed the lives of four people.
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Zambia said 1.5 million people would be displaced by floods and aid agencies warned the lives of tens of thousands were in danger on Monday as rising waters inundated southern Africa.
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More than 12,300 people are feared dead in the massive earthquakes and tsunamis that have ripped through the countries bordering the Indian Ocean.
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Heightened fears that potentially devastating livestock disease is spreading.
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Floods that have sent some 40,000 people fleeing their homes in the Indonesian capital created more havoc Saturday, with many parts of the city still under neck-high water and authorities warning more rivers may burst their banks.
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Lakes, rivers and whole regions are drying up dangerously fast. And then there's the floods.