For more than 80 years, residents of Mississippi’s Yazoo Backwater have been banking on a pumping project to protect their ...

Climate change is raising the risk of dangerous flooding, especially in coastal communities. For some towns on the Jersey ...

The 2025 hurricane season, forecast by experts to be “above-normal,” began with the start of the month. And, after President ...

Urban sprawl has encroached on Consolata’s home, which once sat on a spacious plot on the outskirts of Homa Bay Town. Today, ...

As climate change intensifies, more Florida homeowners are turning to home elevation to protect against rising flood risks.

In exploring a potential criminal trial, Spain is now testing how far a democracy can go in holding officials accountable after a natural disaster.

YANCEY COUNTY, N.C. — A non-profit, a country music star, and a knife company came together to provide a home to a family who ...

As built-up areas encroach on natural ones, we need new strategies for dealing with the impact of wildfires on buildings and ...

Philip Bedient, a professor who studies flood models at Rice University, brought us to one of the county’s most recent undertakings, an enormous, man-made concrete canal full of water. It was recently ...

The regulations apply to homes in the “R-1 medium density residential district,” but some changes only apply to properties on ...

Smart building strategies—and the right materials— can help North Texas homes stand strong against fire, freeze, flood, and ...

A plan that includes elevating homes to adapt to sea level rise will soon head to the California Coastal Commission. Here's ...