As a result, when storms can unleash more intense precipitation and thus cause severe flooding. Researchers have observed those changes over time as the world warms. Since 1901, global ...

Dozens of people have been killed by intense rains and subsequent flooding in countries around the world in the last two weeks as local officials warn of increasingly impactful weather events and ...

Flooding events around the world share a common factor of an atmosphere made warmer by climate change. What can be done to help citizens prepare? By Austyn Gaffney and Somini Sengupta Chad.

Boiling heat and raging floods have taken the world by storm in recent weeks, plummeting millions of people into dangerous and deadly conditions. But it's not a temporary trip of bad luck – it's ...

They found over this period, as the world’s settlements grew by 85%, urbanization happened much more rapidly in high-hazard flood zones than in areas with low flood risk. In 2015, more than 11% ...

Cities Face 'Whiplash' of Floods, Droughts as Temperatures Rise, Study Warns By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The weather in some of the world's most densely populated cities is swinging ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Global RIver Topology (GRIT) map provides the most comprehensive representation of the world's rivers to date, capturing 19.6 million km of channels and ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Weeks of flooding have killed nearly 200 people ... As a result, Nigeria has the highest number of hungry people in the world, with 32 million — 10% of the global burden ...

The catastrophic flooding in Libya that is feared to have ... U.S. Seeing that many unrelated extreme weather events around the world in such a short time is unusual, said Andrew Hoell, a research ...

As a result, when storms can unleash more intense precipitation and thus cause severe flooding. Researchers have observed those changes over time as the world warms. Since 1901, global ...