Environmental news desk

We turn authoritative environmental event data into clear, checked map and data packages for journalists and newsrooms. Our coverage includes Environment Agency flood warnings in England and satellite analyses of candidate flooded areas and landslides around the world.

Reviewed before publication

Only an editor-approved revision appears in this public list. A source change creates a new draft; it never replaces an approved release without review.

Current events and latest analysis

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Coverage

The first live source is the Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. It does not provide complete coverage of the UK.

Live warning monitoring covers England only. Feeds for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are not connected. Satellite packages, such as the Nepal landslide analysis, are separately reviewed analyses, not continuous monitoring feeds.

What the first flood packages show

The map shows the Environment Agency's official flood-warning area. It is not a map of observed floodwater. Its approximate area describes that boundary, not the area flooded. The first release does not estimate casualties, displacement, damage or people affected.

Satellite change analysis identifies candidate landslide areas and detected surface water, not confirmed landslides or a confirmed flood extent. Each event briefing describes the imagery dates, method, confidence and sources used. It must not be read as a confirmed damage assessment.

Each approved package includes the source warning, its update time and licence, a geospatial GeoJSON, CSV, editable vector map (SVG), print PDF, PNG, a short factual briefing and a ZIP containing the files and provenance. The source credit is carried into the map and package.

Environment Agency data are supplied under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Attribution: “This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta).”