An oceanographer explains how climate change, warming oceans and a souped-up atmosphere are creating conditions for deadly floods.

Even when floods can be anticipated, communicating their severity to the public is a tall order. Because flash floods are very localized, even neighborhood-level warnings may seem like false alarms to ...

Florida is heading straight into the most dangerous stretch of hurricane season — and experts are warning it’s time to prepare. With 16 named storms, 8 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes forecasted ...

FEMA flood maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant coverage gaps, and politics can ...

Florida and the central Gulf Coast face a risk of flash flooding in the coming days. A summer camp in Central Texas serving disabled youths reopened barely a week after the flooding. An army of ...

Climate change and its resultant effect on our daily lives is a reality. The effect of climate change is multi-faceted. It goes beyond increased rain, flooding, increase in temperature and drought.

Even in areas that are mapped, like the Camp Mystic site in Kerr County, Texas, that was hit by a deadly flash flood on July ...

A heartbreaking tragedy struck the Texas Hill Country over the Fourth of July holiday. In the early morning hours, ...

Flash floods are occurring across the U.S., from Texas to New Jersey. Here's what you should know as risks escalate.

Climate change has made extreme rainfall more common and more intense. But many flood risk maps have yet to catch up.

The city of Norman was prepared to build an automatic flood warning system this year, the same kind of early warning system ...

I’m a super big fan of the president, but I’m going to challenge him any time he gets something wrong,” Central, Louisiana, ...