Rain and thunderstorms tend to be more sluggish in the U.S. during late spring and summer because the jet stream undergoes a ...

NPR and the PBS series Frontline investigate the forces keeping communities from building resiliently, and the special interests that profit even when communities don't.

Since Tropical Storm Harvey, Orange County, along with its drainage district and cities has been working to increase the size ...

HOUSTON (KIAH) – With hurricane season officially underway, the Harris County Flood Control District is reminding residents that now is the time to secure flood insurance. It takes 30 days for a ...

Emergency management officials in Hardin County want to make sure they're ready if flooding hits the area during hurricane season ... During Tropical Storm Harvey in 2017, parts of Hardin ...

But recent storms — particularly Hurricanes Irma (2017), Ian (2022), and Milton (2024) — have shifted the company’s focus from wind damage to widespread flooding. After Hurricane Ian dropped ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With predictions for a busy hurricane season beginning Sunday, experts in storms and disasters are worried about something potentially as chaotic as the swirling winds: Massive cuts ...

Officials in Galveston are extending mandatory hurricane evacuation notices from 36 to 60 hours in advance of the weather due to ongoing construction along Interstate 45. The change aims to reduce ...

Byron Frankland, emergency management coordinator for Galveston, Texas, says residents will be getting even more notice of hurricane evacuations this year because of construction on a main ...

Rounds of storms and heavy rain that killed a person in heavy Texas flooding earlier this week are shifting their focus to states in the Mid-Atlantic and South on May 30. The person who died was ...

Yet, 14 people drowned in the Tampa Bay area during Hurricane Helene from dangerous storm surge, and thousands of homes were damaged from coastal water or flooding rains. While guidance from the ...