Weather

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

A weekend of heavy rainfall and strong winds following the tail end of Hurricane Zeta has seen farmland ravaged by flooding.

There is no doubt 2020 will be remembered as a year of extremes. And not least because of the weather; flooded one minute, drought the next. 

Flood-hit farmers are set to benefit from a £6 million funding pot, to help with recovery efforts.

A physiotherapy career is not a natural precursor to farming, but Hannah Darby has brought insights from outside agriculture back to the family farm. Chloe Dunne reports.