Norman Hughes was sitting at his computer in the engineer control room in the sub­basement of the National Archives on Monday when his screen flashed an alarm that the building’s flood control ...

The catastrophic flood devastating Louisiana is now the worst natural disaster to strike the United States since Hurricane Sandy four years ago, the Red Cross said. “Thousands of people in ...

The Australian government has declared a natural disaster in large swaths of New ... that are there to assist you in the event of a flood rescue in danger,” he said. Some families were forced ...