Weather

NFU deputy president Stuart Roberts said it would take years, or even decades, for the farms hit by Storm Arwen to recover

The devastation left in the wake of Storm Arwen has proven, if proof was needed, just how much power lies behind an 80mph gale.

Rural communities have been some of the hardest hit by Storm Arwen, with fallen trees, debris and snow making roads impassable and freezing temperatures adding to treacherous conditions.

Forecasters have warned the weather is set to turn colder as UK farmers experience a first taste of winter. 

Farmers and rural communities in Cumbria have been hit hard by heavy rainfall, sparking Met Office warnings of ’life-threatening’ floods.

China was facing potential damage to its wheat crop, essential infrastructure and the threat of the ‘rapid spread’ of African swine fever (ASF) following extreme flooding in the Henan province.

A cohort of farmers is calling on the Environment Agency to take action on a stretch of river before more homes are flooded and crops and wildlife habitats destroyed.

Record-breaking temperatures last week swept across from the west-coast of Canada. By Bruce Jobson and Alex Black

Australia’s farmers continue to reel from the devastating power of Mother Nature as New South Wales (NSW) was deluged by the most destructive floods in more than 40 years. Bruce Jobson reports.

The Environment Agency has warned parts of northern, central and eastern England to prepare for significant flooding this week