A team has created the most complete map of the world's rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and water resource management in a warming world.

A powerful earthquake, combined with rising sea levels, could significantly increase flood risks in the Pacific Northwest, impacting thousands of residents and properties in northern California, ...

New research suggests a massive asteroid impact may have caused Earth’s first great flood, releasing unimaginable amounts of water and reshaping the planet’s surface. The theory blends cosmic ...

The Delhi government, under Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, is deploying nodal officers at waterlogging-prone areas and implementing automated systems to combat monsoon challenges. Efforts include setting ...

Our objective is to contribute to the assessment and prevention of flood risk in the municipality of Kaffrine, through multi-criteria analysis and the geographic information system. The data used ...

This study offers crucial scientific information for regional water resource management, flood warning systems, and ecological protection policies. More information: Qixiang Liang et al ...

Europe experienced its most severe flooding since 2013, with 30% of its river network affected. In 2024, extreme weather, worsened by fossil fuel-driven climate change, led to significant loss of life ...

What followed was a cataclysm of almost unimaginable scale—a flood that tore across continents ... in the School of Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Southampton and ...

At its peak, the flood discharged about 1,000 times the water of the modern-day Amazon river. At least, that's the thesis one of us put forward in a 2009 study of an underwater canyon excavated along ...