Flooding

A worst-case scenario hurricane could threaten large swaths of southern Texas. Flood experts from the Netherlands are attempting to mitigate the damage.

The one-in-100-year storm that hit our nation's capital last week is expected to become a one-in-25-year event by mid-century, according to D.C.'s own analysis.

It's a wishlist of projects with an overarching goal of mitigating flooding across the most disaster-prone state in the nation.

Trump's abortion "gag rule" can proceed, rising seas cause more high-tide flooding, and NASA celebrates the 4,000th exoplanet discovery with an animation.

The storm is getting stronger, and heavy rainfall combined with an already-flooded river could overflow levees in New Orleans.

Historic flooding this year is setting back planting season. Climate change will force farmers to adjust to similarly brutal weather events in the future.

On Wednesday, tornadoes caused severe damage in the state's capital and killed multiple people in Golden City. Now, the state—and the rest of the Midwest—is bracing for further flooding.

A research scientist explains where to draw the line between normal variability and climate change.

Increased flooding in the Tidal Basin due to a sinking sea wall is creating unfriendly conditions for the iconic tree.

So-called "big weather" events in the central U.S. all have their roots in the area's geography.

Advocates in Miami are working to ensure that minority and low-income communities have a say in how to spend a $400 million bond that's poised to make the city more resilient to climate change.

The storm will affect communities across several regions that are still struggling to recover from March's bomb cyclone.

People scale a broken bridge, damaged during Cyclone Idai, to cross the Lucite River on March 26th, 2019, outside of Magaro, Mozambique.

Following a bomb cyclone that dumped rain and melted snow across the Midwest, many sates, including Iowa, have experienced flooding.

A report from NOAA warns that two-thirds of the lower 48 states are expected to face increased precipitation and flood risk through May.

Indonesians watch as rescue workers dig through rubble looking for victims of the recent flash floods on March 19th, 2019, in Sentani, West Papua province, Indonesia.

Timber company workers stand stranded on a damaged road on March 18th, 2019, at Charter Estate, in Chimanimani, eastern Zimbabwe, after Cyclone Idai ripped across Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi.

As this water emergency quickly becomes a public-health crisis, here's what officials are reporting.

In 2013, when FEMA redrew flood maps for the coast of Maine to account for more powerful hurricanes, some of the new high-risk zones were not only inaccurate, but expensive and difficult to correct. Wealthy vacation towns could easily foot the bill, protecting access to development dollars, but many struggling fishing villages could not.

New research finds that rising sea levels due to climate change will put dozens of World Heritage Sites in the Mediterranean region at increased risk of flooding and erosion—threats many of the sites are already facing.

New research finds that fluctuations in atmospheric circulation systems and climate change are behind the increase in extreme flooding.

As more areas of the country are hit with the kind of flooding seen during Harvey, the role of the city will become increasingly important.

Damaged buildings and a flooded street are seen after Hurricane Michael passed through the downtown area of Panama City, Florida, on October 10th, 2018.

Though the storm has passed, flooding and evacuations continue as rivers swell.