Floods

The state has bet against a megastorm for years, but now as Florence bears down on the state it could face a major money shortage to rebuild from the damage.

• By Abraham Lustgarten & Talia Buford

Indian commuters travel in a truck to a safer place as flood waters ravage the National Highway 47 in the Ernakulam district of Kochi, in the Southern Indian state of Kerala, on August 16th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Heavy rains flooded Myanmar this week, displacing 150,000 people and killing at least 12.

• By Emily Moon

People affected by the recent flooding rest at a makeshift shelter in Mabi, Okayama prefecture, Japan, on July 11th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A new study finds that, by the end of the century, California's climate is expected to oscillate more frequently between extreme drought and deluge conditions.

• By Kate Wheeling

The rainy season seems to have arrived early in Western Fiji, but not every farmer is relieved.

• By Kate Wheeling

The 2015 rule would require higher upfront construction costs, but would ultimately save lives.

• By Kate Wheeling

• By Pacific Standard Staff