This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Floods, fires and false confidence: America’s disaster problem ...

Basement water issues, such as leaks or flooding, can arise for various reasons. A leading culprit is intense rainfall from ...

It’s not just that it’s dark and people are asleep. Urban sprawl, confirmation bias, and other factors can play a role.

Back-to-back flooding disasters in recent years — in Texas, New Mexico and Kentucky, among many others — have showed that ...

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -The mayor of a Texas city at the center of flash flooding that killed over 130 people earlier this ...

As floodwaters surged through Texas earlier this month, scientists were quick to point to a sobering reality: These disasters ...

Two massive disasters this year — the Texas floods and Los Angeles firestorms — are leading some to grapple with the question ...

It’s not just that it’s dark and people are asleep. Urban sprawl, confirmation bias, and other factors can play a role.

From the COVID-19 pandemic to deadly flash floods and wildfires, disasters seldom occur in a vacuum, and a group of ...

Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.