If the North American monsoon does weaken over the coming ... given the potential perils in either direction — more intense flooding or deepening drought — it is important that we prepare ...

Researchers installed sensors inside stormwater drains and cameras above them in three North Carolina communities. They found a startling amount of flooding.

Heavy rain threats will be increasing Wednesday afternoon as bands of showers and thunderstorms sweep through the Lowcountry ...

The storm system that has been soaking the South for days is now on the move. That means localized flash flooding is possible in the mid-Atlantic Tuesday.

Shelved plans from ’60s for Tennessee Valley Authority project in N.C. unlikely to make comeback. Dam failures, costs and ...

Mario Tama/Getty Images In the wake of Hurricane Helene, ABC News’ “Good Morning America ... by the heavy rains and flooding after Hurricane Helene in Asheville, North Carolina, September ...

about Hurricane Helene and North Carolina, about Milton and Florida. It sent me back to the great classic on American disaster, “The Johnstown Flood” by David McCullough, published in 1968.

In Buncombe County, North Carolina, where hard-hit Asheville is situated, just 0.7% of homes had flood insurance, according to an NBC News estimate. In fact, only about 4% of all U.S ...

Read more:Monsoon flooding devastates Mojave Desert town ... it pulls in moist air from the water — for the North American monsoon, this is the Gulf of California — to replace it.