The UK has similarities with the Netherlands – including population density, climate and land values – that suggest a scheme like Room for the Rivers could be workable here.

In the spitting rain that is endemic to the Netherlands, Anneke van Lelieveld bundles up in her bright orange cardigan at her home on the New Merwede River, and turns to look out over the wetlands ...

The Netherlands is now filled with such catchment basins, many a boon to daily life but doubling as reservoirs for when the rivers swell. Still, experts say, not enough is being done.

Thousands of people in the south of the Netherlands on Thursday were urged to leave their houses quickly to escape floods as rivers were on the brink of bursting their banks.

With about half their country below sea level, the Dutch have learned quite a few lessons about flooding. One of their latest initiatives in water management is to ease back ...

Heavy rainfall that swelled rivers in the low-lying Netherlands appeared to taper off on Thursday. In the eastern city of Deventer, locals had been keeping a close eye on the ...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Firefighters and volunteers worked to reinforce dikes against rising floodwaters in northern and eastern Germany as heavy rains falling on already soaked ground pushed ...