Floods

Severe weather warnings are in place in southern England amid fears of flooding. Meteorologists say heavy rain could return later this week.

A year since the most devastating floods in Pakistan’s history, thousands of people are still struggling to rebuild their lives and malnutrition rates are critical. Shaista Aziz reports from Sindh.

The biggest earthquake in Japan’s history sparked a tsunami which swept across the north east of the country, leaving devastation in its path. Follow events as they happen on our live blog.

Another explosion hits Fukushima nuclear plant, damaged in Friday’s earthquake and tsunami. Many are frightened – but this is not another Chernobyl, as Science Correspondent Tom Clarke explains.

Japan’s Prime Minister says the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear incidents are “the biggest crisis for Japan since World War II.” Channel 4 News speaks to a woman who cannot reach her family.

As rescue workers search the debris for survivors after Japan’s devastating tsunami, Ed Fraser looks back at the lessons learned from the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004.

How the story unfolded following the Japan earthquake and tsunami – events as they happened via the #c4news live blog.

Up to 1,000 people are feared dead following the biggest earthquake to hit Japan since records began. Offers of aid have been coming in from around the world. Channel 4 News speaks to eyewitnesses.

Jonathan Miller reports from Toombawoomba, where Jordan Rice, 13, was buried today with his mother, in the first of the funerals for the victims of last weeks floods.

As the number of people killed in the Brazil floods passes the 500 mark, one scientist tells Channel 4 News that replacing coastal vegetation with urban development has contributed to the disaster.

At least 388 people died as mudslides and floods swept through Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, in one of Brazil’s worst natural disasters for decades, as Alex Thomson discovers.

Jordan Rice is not a name you’ll instantly recognise – but his actions during the Queensland floods will live long in the memory, writes Channel 4 News Young Blogger Louise Jones.

Brisbane and other devastated areas of Queensland face rebuilding on a scale of “post-war proportions” after flood levels in the city peak. Jonathan Miller reports from Australia.

Flood waters in Brisbane have peaked below the worst levels feared – but 20,000 homes are still flooded and thousands have fled Australia’s third largest city. Jonathan Miller reports from Brisbane.

It did not require complex climatic modelling to predict the “super storm” which unleashed Queensland’s inland killer-tsunami. Meteorologists and oceanographers did, to some degree, see it coming, warning that after weeks of waterlogging, further deluge could spell disaster.