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独占記事：都市部の83万9,000戸の住宅が表面水洪水の脅威にさらされており、特に社会住宅（公営住宅）の入居者が金銭的負担の影響を最も受けやすい状況にある。National Housing Federation (NHF) の分析によると、イングランドで洪水のリスクが高い住宅の10軒に8軒が現在、町や都市部に位置しており、社会住宅の入居者が不釣り合いに大きな経済的打撃を受ける可能性があるとしている。調査の結果、都市部の83万9,000戸の住宅が現在「表面水洪水の高リスク」に分類されており、これは2018年以来3倍に増加したことになる。続きを読む...

Residents must sign in and out at a security gate, and vehicles and bags are routinely searchedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHundreds of evacuees from remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory have been housed behind temporary fences and denied visitors after being forced to evacuate their homes in the most vicious wet season on record.In March, the Daly River in the NT reached a record peak of 23.93 metres, forcing families from Palumpa and Nauiyu to flee for the second time in four weeks. Continue reading...

Map reveals most severe concentrations of ammonia emissions, which are dangerous to health and environmentAmmonia pollution hotspots have been identified in areas with some of the greatest numbers of intensive pig and poultry farms in Britain, research has revealed.A new map for the first time reveals the most severe concentrations of ammonia emissions are clustered in Lincolnshire, Herefordshire and Norfolk. These regions all have a high density of intensive poultry and pig units that drive dangerous levels of ammonia, according to researchers from Compassion in World Farming (CiWF) and Sustain. Continue reading...

Moscow appears to step up spring offensive amid concerns international focus on Iran war leaves Kyiv more vulnerableRussia has launched a fresh wave of missile and drone strikes on civilian areas across Ukraine, killing at least five people, as Moscow appears to be stepping up a spring offensive intended to break Ukrainian resistance along the front.Moscow fired nearly 400 long-range drones and 23 cruise missiles overnight, Ukraine’s air force said, marking one of the largest attacks in weeks after a relative lull. Continue reading...