California Highway Will Remain Closed for Another Week After Mudslides January 17, 2018 By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Crews working around the clock cleared boulders, trees and crushed cars from all lanes of U.S. 101, but California officials...
FEMA Reflects on Historic Year of Catastrophes January 4, 2018 2017 will be a year remembered for the catastrophic disasters that resulted in 59 major disaster declarations, 16 emergency declarations...
North America Pounded by Disasters in 2017 January 3, 2018 By SETH BORENSTEIN North America couldn’t catch a break in 2017. Parts of the United States were on fire, underwater or lashed by...
Warming to Make Thunderstorms Larger and More Frequent in U.S. November 22, 2017 By SETH BORENSTEIN Summer thunderstorms in North America will likely be larger, wetter and more frequent in a warmer world, dumping 80 percent...
Harvey’s Catastrophic Flooding Hits Uninsured Hard August 28, 2017 By Sonali Basak Hurricane Harvey’s second act across southern Texas is turning into an economic catastrophe – with damages likely to stretch into...
More Widespread Flooding in Houston Area August 10, 2017 By JUAN A. LOZANO Heavy rains that caused flooding in some parts of the Houston area and prompted about two-dozen water rescues on Tuesday...
U.S. and Canadian Scientists to Study Cross-Border Flooding March 7, 2017 By WILSON RING U.S. and Canadian scientists are planning to spend the next five years studying flooding on Lake Champlain and the Richelieu...
California Dam Managers Dismissed Flood Concern 12 Years Ago February 15, 2017 By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JUSTIN PRITCHARD Environmental activists and local government officials warned more than a decade ago about the risk of catastrophic flooding below a...
Inland Flooding Leads List of Climate Disasters That Cost $46B in 2016 January 13, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Climate-based disasters caused $46 billion in damage and killed at least 138 in the 48 contiguous U.S. states last year,...
West Coast Expects Flooding While East Coast in Deep Freeze January 10, 2017 By JEFFREY COLLINS As the East Coast waits to thaw out from a weekend icy mess, another storm is bringing rain and the...