UK Floods

Snow, Blizzards And Flooding Mark Start Of Spring

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.03.2013 | UK

More than 44,000 homes and businesses in Northern Ireland have been left without power after much of the United Kingdom was battered by snow, sleet an...

Insurers Pay Out £1.19bn In Flood Claims

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Charlie Thomas | Posted 15.02.2013 | UK

The second wettest British summer on record has cost insurers £1.19 billion - the highest annual figure in five years. Around 486,000 claims were ...

Arctic Blast To Bring Snow And Freezing Temperatures

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.02.2013 | UK

More snow is set to cloak the UK amidst warnings of freezing temperatures and gale force winds, less than a fortnight after blizzard conditions brough...

Worst Break-Up Ever? Ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald Speaks Out

Xavier Toby | Posted 01.04.2013 | UK Comedy
Xavier Toby

Jilted lovers have been known to go to outlandish lengths to express their displeasure at the sudden ending of a relationship, but none so much as Ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald.

Snow Thaw To Send UK Into Meltdown

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 28.01.2013 | UK

Almost 100 flood warnings remain in place across England as rivers continue to swell from the heavy rain. The downpours and gusts of up to 65mph wi...

Now Come The Floods

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.01.2013 | UK

More than 200 flood alerts are in place across the UK on Sunday, as heavy rain mixed with melting snow marks the latest weather battle. There have ...

Flood Warning As Cold Spell Ends

PA | Posted 23.01.2013 | UK

Britain faces the risk of flooding as the recent spell of snow and cold weather comes to an end this weekend. After lighter flurries today, more sn...

Snow, When Will You Go?

Clare Nasir | Posted 23.03.2013 | UK
Clare Nasir

Now, after a week of the white stuff, most of us would prefer the snow to go - so we can get back to our own norm - we may not like it but we do cope with it well - rain and wind. Before this happens though, the big freeze will stay with us for a little longer. A few more bouts of snow are forecast across the country until Thursday...

Lightning Crashes: Storm Chaser Captures Electric Skies

Barcroft Media | Sara C Nelson | Posted 06.03.2013 | UK

Cleaving through the sky, these lightning bolts show the savage, spiky side of mother nature. Captured by storm chaser Michael Bath, the shots sho...

Couple Rescued After Falling Into Flooded River As Bridge Collapses

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 03.01.2013 | UK

Two men were taken to hospital after a bridge collapsed in North Yorkshire, plunging them into the river below. The pair, who are believed to have ...

PHOTOS: Flood-Hit Regions Suffer Second Soaking

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.01.2013 | UK

Residents whose homes and businesses were damaged by floodwaters just weeks ago are now facing further clean-ups after more flooding across Yorkshire....

Floods Hit Thousands In 2012 But Flood Defence Spending Down

PA | Posted 31.12.2012 | UK

Almost 8,000 homes and businesses were flooded in 2012, as the UK was battered by repeated heavy rain, storms and floods. Defences protected almost...

UK Set for Wettest Year On Record As 2012 Ends With a Soaking

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 31.12.2012 | UK

Rain has swept across south western parts of Britain, bringing a sodden end to what is likely to be one of the wettest years on record. Some upland...

Washout Forecast For New Year's Eve

PA | Posted 01.03.2013 | UK

The end of the year will be marked by more downpours with much of England, Scotland and Wales under flood alert, compounding what is likely to be one ...

From Drought To Deluge: 2012's Weird Weather In Pictures

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 30.12.2012 | UK

From droughts to floods, Britain has been baked and battered with some seriously weird weather in 2012. Ushered in with snow, January lived up to ...

Heavy Rain Set To Return After Brief Respite

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.12.2012 | UK

Wet weather is set to return this weekend as heavy rain keeps flood warnings in place for England and Wales. Many flood warnings remain in place fo...

The Wettest Year On Record?

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.12.2012 | UK

This year is set to become the wettest on record in the UK, forecasters said, as flood-battered areas were warned they face renewed danger from storms...

Monkey Sanctuary Devastated By Flooding

PA | Posted 27.12.2012 | UK

A monkey sanctuary which cares for sick and injured primates caught up in the UK pet trade is appealing for help after being devastated by flooding. ...

Soggy End For 2012 As Saturated South West Due For Another Battering

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.12.2012 | UK

A wet and stormy weekend is set to usher in a soggy finish to one of the wettest years in British history, with no respite expected for the saturated ...

Boxing Day Walkers Warned Of Landslides After Floods (PICTURES)

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.12.2012 | UK

Boxing Day walkers have been urged to take care in "dangerous conditions" after a landslide warning was issued by the Met Office, as continued heavy d...

A Wet Christmas, Not A White One As Downpours Bring Flood Misery (PICTURES)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 25.12.2012 | UK

Hopes of a white Christmas were washed out today as many Britons awoke to Yuletide flooding. Long downpours continued to bring misery after hundred...

More Flooding Fears As UK Braces Itself For A Soggy Christmas

PA | Posted 24.12.2012 | UK

Heavy showers could bring more flooding woes for parts of rain-battered Britain this Christmas, as the country braces itself for one of its wettest ye...

Nightmare For Millions Of Christmas Travellers

PA | Posted 24.12.2012 | UK

A white Christmas dream turned into a wet Christmas nightmare for millions of travellers today. Continued heavy rain played havoc with road and rai...

PHOTOS: 'We're Lucky To Be Alive'

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.12.2012 | UK

Christmas preparations will be on hold for thousands of people up and down the UK as they brace themselves against the possibility of further flooding...

Christmas Commuters Hindered By Railway Flooding

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.12.2012 | UK

People hit by flooding face a bleak Christmas with a week of further rain threatening further holiday misery. Rail routes across the country will b...