As communities devastated by the flooding in western Europe start picking up the pieces, they are wondering how it all went so wrong, so fast. After all, Europe has a world-leading warning system ...

The floods that hit Limburg in 2021 showed that despite a raft of measures, the Netherlands remains at risk from rising water. Professor of Hydraulic Engineering Bas Jonkman carries out flood risk ...

A new study has an important lesson for would-be conquerors eyeing up the Netherlands: Bring your swimmies, because you might be welcomed with a flood.After examining historical maps and other ...

Storm Henk Floods Netherlands The Dutch city of Tilburg was flooded on January 3 after Storm Henk swept the region, prompting a code yellow weather warning in parts of the country. The storm ...

Since the Netherlands’ 1953 flood catastrophe, the Dutch government has been responsible for flood defenses and flood damage compensation. Flood insurance does not exist in the Netherlands.

And as the Dutch this week commemorate the great flood of 1953, thoughts are inevitably turning to current-day climate change and how the low-lying country remains vulnerable to rising ocean ...

Edwards will tour one of the Netherlands' signature flood control projects, the 2.3 billion-euro Noordwaard, which increases the discharge flow of the Rhine River to the North Sea.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the flood disaster in the Netherlands, which flooded parts of Zeeland, Noord-Brabant, Zuid-Holland and Noord-Holland.

As communities devastated by the flooding in western Europe start picking up the pieces, they are wondering how it all went so wrong, so fast. After all, Europe has a world-leading warning system ...