The deluge of wet weather in January prompted officials to open gates at the Sacramento Weir for the first time in more than a decade. Opening the gates allows water to flood the Yolo Bypass, taking ...

A construction company has been fined more than £2m after a worker drowned while working on a flood defence project in Leeds. Gary Webster, 60, was one of two men on a boat trying to retrieve a gas ...

Five people have had to be rescued from the water after being caught out when a torrent of water is unleashed by weir gates opening. Kent Fire and Rescue Service has issued a warning to people not to ...