Sources: BBC
The death toll from the flooding in Central Texas, United States, increases to 104, including 28 children, with 41 other people still missing. Flash flood warnings are issued for expected additional rainfall. 2025-07-7
In snooker, Zhao Xintong of China defeats three-time champion Mark Williams of Wales 18–12 at the World Snooker Championship to win his first championship, becoming the first amateur player and the first player from China to do so. 2025-05-5
The British government announces that single-use vapes will be banned in England and Wales beginning on 1 June 2025. 2024-10-24
At least 14 people are killed and others are missing in flash floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in Nepal. 2024-07-7
Twenty-six people are killed and eleven others are missing during flash floods in villages in the Pesisir Selatan Regency of West Sumatra province, Indonesia. 2024-03-9
The death toll from the ongoing flash floods in Kentucky and Virginia, United States, increases to 35 with 37 people missing. 2022-08-1
At least 80 people are killed in Flores island, Indonesia, and 21 more in Dili, East Timor, by flash floods and landslides. 2021-04-4
A freight train is derailed and catches fire near Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Local residents are evacuated. 2020-08-26
The Welsh political party Plaid Cymru elects Leanne Wood as its new leader. 2012-03-15
A farming alert is issued in Wales as an outbreak of Schmallenberg virus affects livestock in at least 74 farms in England. 2012-02-27