A city council has approved the final link in a £71m flood defence scheme. More than 4,200 homes and nearly 500 businesses in north Portsmouth were at "immediate risk" from rising sea levels ...
New research has tracked the evolution of a glacier lake dammed by a glacier surge using satellite images, to help better understand its life cycle and the hazard it presents to nearby communities.
"Rain and melting snow will result in modest stream and river rises, causing ice break-up and an isolated risk for ice jam flooding," the outlook says. Portsmouth could see between a quarter and a ...