Clear-cutting forests doesn’t just raise flood risk — it can supercharge it. UBC researchers found that in certain watersheds ...

Even before the Central Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, the state was by far the leader in U.S. flood deaths due partly to geography that can funnel rainwater into deadly deluges, ...

For each gage, flood size for 11 return intervals ranging from 1.01 to 200 years was calculated using the methodology set out in USGS bulletin 17b. These gage locations were used to defined sub-basins ...

Clear-cutting can make catastrophic floods 18 times more frequent with effects lasting more than 40 years, according to a new UBC study.

Straighter, smoother streams flow more violently than those that meander due to a reduction in friction. Areas with steeper ...

A flood victim carries damaged furniture through water outside her home in St. Amant, La., last month. Photo: jonathan bachman/Reuters On the 11th day of the eighth month, the floodgates of the ...

Atmospheric rivers, while vital for replenishing water on the U.S. West Coast, are also the leading cause of floods though storm size alone doesn t dictate their danger. A groundbreaking study ...

When water levels rise, all that new growth terrestrial vegetation is flooded and begins to decay. This pumps in rich ...

Flash flooding ripped through Tularosa Canyon on the Mescalero Apache Reservation on Monday, displacing and then killing approximately 500,000 rainbow trout housed in the tribe's fish hatchery. The ...

SUTTON, Vt. (AP) — Communities in rural parts of Vermont on Friday woke up once again to damaged homes and washed-out roads ...