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.
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.
Heavy rains flooded Myanmar this week, displacing 150,000 people and killing at least 12.
People affected by the recent flooding rest at a makeshift shelter in Mabi, Okayama prefecture, Japan, on July 11th, 2018.
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.
The rainy season seems to have arrived early in Western Fiji, but not every farmer is relieved.
The 2015 rule would require higher upfront construction costs, but would ultimately save lives.