Venice Under Water

The recent "acqua alta" (high water) in
Venice, Italy reached a depth of 1.56 meters (5 ft, 1 in.) on Monday -
the deepest flood in 22 years, and the fourth highest flood level in
recent history, claimed Venice's Tide Centre.






Venice under water - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Could Florida Survive the Big One? - TIME

Could Florida Survive the Big One? - TIME

Tropical Storm Hanna passes the edge of the Bahamas as Hurricane Ike, a
still-more-dangerous Category 4 storm, advances from the east...

Haiti Flooding Crisis

In pictures: Haiti reels from storms

Eyewitness: Haiti's storm ordeals

Country profile: Haiti

Two disasters...

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Two disasters, contrasting reactions

Coastal Flooding

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Mangrove loss 'left Burma exposed'

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Will Burma's leaders let aid in?

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Burma's cyclone death toll soars

Flooding in Bangladesh

More than 1,500 people are now known to have died after a powerful cyclone ripped through southern and central Bangladesh.

Read the BBC news article here.

Follow the BBC's voyage through Bangladesh, looking at how a heating planet is changing people's lives....see it here.

More on flooding

In pictures: Fears of flooding

Thousands go home after tide fear

Coastal flooding warning in the UK

Parts of the East coast of England faced severe flooding warnings today as a result of high tides and storm surges out to sea. Read about it at the sites below:

Flooding 'may put lives at risk'

The flood threat to England and Wales

Wind and tide bring flood threat

Mass exodus from Mexico flooding

Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing severe flooding in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco.

Read about it here.

Flooding in Africa

Flooding all over Africa is causing death and destruction of property...the links below give more details as to the cause and effects:













See the video feed below for news clips of the flood

Disease alert in flood-hit Africa

African towns overrun by flooding



African floods kill 150, swamp towns

Canada East - Wet and hungry, Africans flee 'worst floods in living memory'


Floods devastate northern Ghana


Sudan launches flood aid appeal


Humans 'affect global rainfall'


Climate flooding risk 'misjudged'

More Flooding in SE Asia

South Asia floods strand millions Millions of people are displaced as South Asia battles against some of its worst floods in recent years. S Asia floods: Worst-hit areas In pictures: Floods in South Asia Flood evacuees die in India storm

Flooding

Flooding in SE Asia

From the BBc website...
Storms in Karachi kill 200 people
Flood devastation in South Asia
Cyclone adds to Pakistan misery
Aid pleas after Pakistan cyclone
Pakistan flood toll rises to 240

Fury over floods Pakistan cyclone victims say they had to fend for themselves

Anger and despair
In pictures: Flood devastation

The Asian Monsoon, what is it and what impact does it have. (from the BBC weather site)

Other links...

Pakistan Meteorological Department
Pakistan disaster management authority

Flooding in the UK...

Flood fears ease as rivers fall
Mayor 'sorry for failing victims'
Insurers face £1bn flood claims
Thousands forced from homes

In pictures...

Flooding aftermath As the flooding continues, assessing the damage and clearing up the mess
Coping in Sheffield
Pictures of flooding
Your severe weather pictures

Background / Analysis...

Pumping back to normality
Aid through the floods
Companies clear up
Are you at risk from flooding?
Flooding takes its toll on farms
Q&A: June floods
What sort of help is on offer?

From BBC Weather...

Flood homeless face 'months' away

Climate Change...Banglsdesh

BBC World have a 'Climate Watch' season on throughout April it includes a host of documentaries that might are relevant to parts of the course...especially interesting in terms of coastal hazards is the programme on April 7th/8th that looks at the effect of raising tides on Bangladesh's coastline.

click here (or the image below) to find out more.

Bangladesh

Flooding in Ethiopia

River floods in Ethiopia are have killed 300 people so far.
Read about it on the BBC news website