(Reuters) - China has been hit by devastating floods in recent weeks, inundating cities and causing deaths and infrastructural damage, as well as raising questions about the effectiveness of its 2015 ...

Northeastern China, Beijing and Hebei province have seen heavy rainfall and floods since the typhoon made landfall in southern Fujian province two weeks ago. (Image: Reuters) Amid worsening climate ...

Most cities today are not built to handle the kind of extreme weather that climate change inflicts. The asphalt and concrete that are the building blocks of the modern metropolis absorb heat, making ...

Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. “Every country, every city is now facing more or less this kind of issue — whether it’s New York or London or ...

How can cities, which house most of the planet’s population, be protected from extreme weather events, which are predicted to increase in number and intensity due to global warming? China has found a ...

How U.S. municipalities from Los Angeles to New York are using green infrastructure to prepare for a wetter future.

Flash flooding has been described as the main environmental risk to people living in the capital by the Greater London Authority (GLA). One solution put forward is that London should become a "sponge ...

In Abbotsford, B.C., efforts to prevent more flooding are happening non-stop — ahead of the next major storm on Tuesday. Members of the Canadian Forces, alongside residents, are building dikes, ...

A phenomenon in which the temperature becomes higher as compared with the urban area than in the suburbs is called "Heat island phenomenon"Although it is called" asphalt, which is considered to be the ...