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A flood forecast centre is to be set up as part of the government's response to last summer's devastating floods, the environment secretary Hilary Benn has announced.

[Submitted by: Paul Christmas] "The following site has a detailed section on freshwater and many other topics. It will be useful for the options section of the IB and in future will develop sections for the core. A key highlight are some of the detailed case studies. However the site is under development and so some section are are not complete. Some food and health case studies are required and the extreme environments sections is still being written. The site will be useful for both students and teachers of IB geography but has not been written exclusively for the IB."

China's gargantuan Three Gorges dam has passed its toughest test yet as it controlled and released the floodwaters that filled its reservoirs following recent torrential rains

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The shifting river that is making Uganda smaller

Severe pollution has made one-third of China's Yellow river unusable, according to new research.

Two Christmases after floods drove 8,000 people from their homes in Hull, the city is tackling a fresh round of evacuations, skips loaded with ruined carpets and sodden plaster peeling off walls.

China is planning to build 59 reservoirs to collect water from its shrinking glaciers as the cost of climate change hits home in the world's most populous country.