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‘It’s put the joy levels up’: the flood-prone London school with a climate-adapted playground

When pupils could no longer play outside, St John’s school in Barnet decided to act, enlisting Trees for Cities to help rethink its outside space

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Houston’s New Flood Maps Could Force Thousands to Buy Insurance—Are You on the List?

Houston homeowners already juggle rising property taxes, expensive repairs, and brutal summer utility bills, but a new financial headache now looms over thousands of households. Updated flood maps across the Houston area could suddenly place many homes inside high-risk flood zones, even if those properties never required flood insurance before.…

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch: Storms Hit Philly Area With 70mph Winds, Suspending Trains and Smashing Homes

Severe thunderstorms are forecasted to hit Pennsylvania, affecting Memorial Day weekend plans with potential travel disruptions and flash floods.

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The Hidden Costs of Skipping Flood Insurance in Low-Risk Zones

Sunny skies and “low-risk” flood maps convince plenty of homeowners that flood insurance belongs in the same category as snow tires in Miami: unnecessary and expensive. That assumption creates a dangerous financial blind spot. Flooding does not politely follow neighborhood labels, and one bad storm can turn a “safe” property…

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3 plants that help prevent flooding – RHS Chelsea-approved recommendations for a floodproof garden

Garden flooding is a bigger risk than ever

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Florida Storm Claims Are Becoming Far More Complicated for Homeowners

Florida homeowners are spending longer fighting insurance paperwork after storms, floods, and water damage.

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Flash Flood Warning: Severe Rain Has Ended in Collin and Denton Counties, But Flooding of Low-Lying Areas Still Persist

Severe rainfall has ended in parts of North Texas, but flooding persists in low-lying areas. Flash flood warnings remain active across Texas and Midwest regions due to ongoing storm systems.

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Texas storms prompt canceled flights as north-east heatwave comes to a close

Flash flood warnings and school closures in Texas as the US north-east breaks heat records before a dramatic cooldown

The Guardian - US

A bride wades through a flood to get married: Aaron Favila’s best photograph

‘The couple had been told the church was likely to be under water on their wedding day. But they were from an area of the Philippines prone to flooding – and stuck to their plan’

The Guardian - UK

7 Clever Tricks to Get Cheaper Flood Insurance Before New Maps Hit

Flood insurance costs across the United States continue to shift as new FEMA flood maps roll out and reshape how insurers classify risk. Homeowners who once sat comfortably outside high-risk zones now find themselves suddenly reclassified, and premiums can jump fast. That change creates a sense of urgency, especially for…

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UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns

Landmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures forecast to exceed 40C by 2050

The Guardian - UK

Worsening climate extremes putting British way of life at risk – advisers

The Climate Change Committee set out targets for Government to invest in air conditioning, flood defences and water efficiency to protect Britons.

Evening Standard

Home Insurers Are Abandoning High-Risk Areas—What Homeowners Should Do Now

Home insurance in the United States has entered a new and uneasy era. Insurance companies are pulling back from regions they once covered without hesitation, leaving homeowners scrambling for answers. Wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and rising construction costs have pushed insurers to rethink where they can safely operate. That shift now…

Everybody Loves Your Money

How a shifting Nile landscape shaped the rise of the ancient empire of Kush in Sudan

When I first became co-director of an archaeological project at Jebel Barkal in northern Sudan in 2018, I was amazed by the site’s pyramids, temples and palaces. It had been an urban center in the ancient empire of Kush, which dominated the Nile Valley off and on for over 2,000…

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Clavicular Trial Takes Twist as Looksmaxxing Influencer Upstaged by 'Handsome' Judge in Viral 'Judgemogging' Moment

Judge Marcus Bach-Armas became the unexpected star of Clavicular's Florida hearing as TikTok users flooded social media with 'judgemogging' memes and thirst comments.

The Guardian - AU

NSW police charge two men after allegedly seizing more than $1m of illicit tobacco – as it happened

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Linus Torvalds says flood of duplicate AI-generated vulnerability reports have made Linux security mailing list 'almost entirely unmanageable' — private list 'a waste of time for everybody involved' in switch to new public system

"AI detected bugs are pretty much by definition not secret, and treating them on some private list is a waste of time for everybody involved."

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Kiwi infrastructure balances performance, risk and cost in trillion dollar trilemma

NZ may lag the OECD on asset management – but a Beca specialist says there's at least one thing that we can teach the rest of the world. Jonathan Milne reports.

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'The continued flood of AI reports has basically made the security list almost entirely unmanageable': Linus Torvalds laments how people are wasting the Linux team's time with LLMs

Linux's creator isn't against the use of AI tools, he's just tired of folks using them and then doing nothing with what they've discovered

The Economic Times

Flood watch weather update: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland set to receive more rains, flash floods warning issued

Torrential rain inundated parts of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland on Monday night. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency, urging people to stay indoors.

The Conversation

Indonesia says its giant sea wall will stop flooding. Is this climate adaptation or a costly folly?

Indonesia plans to build a “giant sea wall”, more than 500 kilometres long, to defend Java’s north coast from rising sea levels.

The Conversation

Floods and finance: why climate change will become a more pressing economic problem for UK households

New Orleans could be surrounded by sea water in a matter of decades according to new research. The study says the US city has reached a “point of no return”, and that rising temperatures and sea levels mean the process of relocating residents should start immediately.

The Conversation

Informal workers in Lagos are left to cope with devastating floods alone: why things must change

There have been four major floods in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic hub, over the past 14 years. The floodwaters swamp the open-air markets of Oshodi, one of the city’s largest informal trading centres, and rise through the stilted walkways of Makoko, a waterfront community of about 100,000 people built over the…

Evening Standard

Flash flood swamps hundreds of cars parked at Heathrow Airport

Video posted on social media shows row upon row of vehicles caught in the flash flood

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: This weary traveller has escaped the hunter’s gun

Maxey Cut, Cambridgeshire: There’s so much precious wildlife around this old flood-relief channel, including sea trout and eels. But I’ve come to hear the purr of the turtle dove

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