Archaeological evidence suggests that a great flood, one reminiscent of the Noah's Ark story, occurred 5.33 million years ago, filling up the mostly dry Mediterranean Sea in only a few years.

According to the theory, this flood discharged an enormous volume of water, roughly 1,000 times that of today’s Amazon River, creating a dramatic shift in the region’s geography.

Scientists reveal new details about the 5.3-million-year-old flood, which triggered earthquakes, generated tropical-storm force winds, and created a waterfall 30 times taller than Niagara.

Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and ...

Still, the 1927 and 2011 Mississippi River floods remain just drops in the bucket compared to other known freshwater "megafloods" around the world, according to O'Connor.

Floods and twisters: The world’s biggest weather stories of 2024. Dennis Mersereau Digital Journalist. Published on Dec. 27, 2024, 3:05 PM. Updated on Dec. 27, 2024, 3:07 PM.

Over 20 million people are under alerts for coastal flooding, including residents of Baltimore and Washington, DC, as a large and powerful low pressure system shifts from the central US toward the ...

Flood frequency of the world's largest river has increased fivefold. University of Leeds. Journal Science Advances Funder Newton Fund Project, PNICP-Peru, Natural Environment Research Council ...