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California to trigger rarely used relief valve on Kern River, diverting flows to state aqueduct

LOS ANGELES — The Kern River is swollen with so much runoff from the epic Sierra Nevada snowpack that state water officials have decided to open a rarely used relief valve, diverting floodwaters into the California Aqueduct to be used as drinking water in Southern California.

Los Angeles Times

Floods displace more than 36,000 residents in northeast Italy

Deadly floods caused more than 305 landslides and damaged or closed more than 500 roads in the Emilia-Romagna region.

Al Jazeera

NGT gives no objection to installation of lighthouse near Yamuna floodplains for surveillance

The National Green Tribunal has given no objection to the installation of a lighthouse in the greenway, adjacent to the Yamuna flood plains, for additional surveillance and security of the flood plains

The Hindu

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Battle looms as Twin Waters West developer makes third attempt to build housing estate on floodplain

Sunshine Coast residents who have spent 14 years fighting property giant Stockland over its plans to build a housing estate on a floodplain are preparing to do battle once again.

ABC News

Italy's Emilia Romagna Hit With Devastating Floods After Record Drought

Italy's Emilia Romagna region in the north has been hit by historic, devastating flooding, with rivers bursting banks and over 20,000 people evacuated so far.

RideApart

Tidal barrier proposal for Lincolnshire and Norfolk sets off wave of opposition

Wildlife and environment groups condemn plan promising renewable energy for 600,000 homes

The Guardian - UK

Italy's Emilia-Romagna governor says earthquake 'lessons' to help flood recovery

Italy's Emilia Romagna region will recover from the devastating floods that hit this week by taking from lessons learned from the 2012 earthquake, its governor said Friday, as the death toll from the disaster rose to 14.

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Clouds lift over Coast councils

A new chief executive, confirmed flood-defence funding and settlement of a court case have local authorities on the West Coast dreaming of positive times ahead.

Newsroom.co.nz

Texas lawmakers consider spending $1 billion for flood prevention and Galveston’s “Ike Dike”

The coastal barrier project may get $550 million from the state this year, and another half a billion could be on the table for flood-control projects. But that’s a fraction of the estimated need for flood mitigation.

The Texas Tribune

Why flood-prone Lismore is not a priority for improved flood warning systems

Lismore, the epicentre of Australia's most expensive natural disaster, was not prioritised in this week's federal announcement of $236 million to fund flood warning upgrades.

ABC News

Vic government defends disaster funding record

Victorian and federal governments have paid out almost $2 billion in flood relief to the state but there's more work to be done on disaster funding.

AAP

Gorka Marquez's sweet message to Gemma Atkinson as she gets career news before 'leaving'

And fans were quick to flood the former Hollyoaks and Emmerdale star with their best wishes

Manchester Evening News

F1 star spotted shifting mud in flooded Italy streets after Emilia Romagna GP called off

The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was due to take place at Imola this weekend, but the race has been called off due to deadly floods which have wreaked havoc in the region

Daily Mirror

Springsteen draws criticism for not cancelling Italy gig after deadly floods

U.S. rock legend Bruce Springsteen came under criticism in Italy for going ahead with a concert in Ferrara on Thursday evening after the northern Emilia-Romagna region was battered by floods that left at least nine people dead.

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Evening Standard

Italy floods: Formula 1 drivers tell of struggle to escape deadly flooding after Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix is cancelled

This weekend’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix has been called off amid floods that have killed at least nine people

The Guardian - UK

Death toll mounts in Italy’s worst flooding for 100 years

Older and disabled people trapped in homes as rescuers battle harsh conditions in Emilia-Romagna region

Reuters

Devastating Italian floods kill at least 13, wreck homes and farms

Floods that killed at least 13 people in Italy's northern Emilia-Romagna region caused billions of euros' worth of damage and hit agriculture particularly hard, the regional governor said on Thursday.

The Hindu

Natural disasters caused 2.5 million internal displacements in India in 2022, report says

A report by the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre states that India has had over 2.5 million internal displacements caused by natural disasters, most of which were caused by floods.

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Evening Standard

Italy floods: At least 13 dead in Emilia-Romagna as rescuers struggle to reach isolated towns

‘If it rains any more, the situation will be tragic,’ Mercato Seraceno Mayor Monica Rossi warned

ABC News

Demolition of Fitzroy Crossing bridge under way after Kimberley floods

Workers have started to tear down the remains of the bridge, which was irreparably damaged in January's Kimberley floods. It is hoped the replacement will be complete next year.

The Conversation

Fixing broken flood gauges is important. But most of us don't evacuate even when we know the water is coming

Devastating floods have hit community after community on Australia’s eastern seaboard over the last three years. Weather systems were dynamic and difficult to forecast.

The Independent UK

Five dead and thousands evacuated as Italy hit by devastating floods

Officials warned that the rainfall was ‘not over’ as people were advised to seek refuge on higher ground

Motorsport

F1 cancels Imola GP due to weather emergency

At least two people have died due to the weather conditions that have hit the area throughout May. Heavy rain caused more than a dozen rivers to burst their banks during a 24-hour period, while red weather warnings for flooding and landslides remain in place for this weekend.

Daily Mirror

Family's £900k home 'worthless' after being flooded with raw sewage twice in three years

Helen and Ashley Northway bought a 17th century farmhouse in Raunds, Northamptonshire, that they hoped to pass on to their kids , but twice in the past three years the property's flooded with raw sewage

Autosport

Imola remains a no-go zone for F1 personnel as flood threat remains

On what should have been a critical set up day for teams ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, the pits and paddock will instead be left empty as preparations are derailed by the unprecedented weather situation in Italy.

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