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, ...

The Lynchburg Fire Department sent a crew of 12 people on Saturday morning to help with flood relief in Lebanon. Lynchburg's ...

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

People usually only have hours of notice in advance. The disaster in Texas was a worst-case scenario.

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

Atlantic, Hill Country, Texas, central Florida, southern Arizona, and the Upper Midwest are at risk for more flooding ...

Over just two hours, the Guadalupe River at Comfort, Texas, rose from hip-height to three stories tall, sending water ...

Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica has been called the 'Doomsday Glacier' due to the catastrophic impact it could have on the ...

It was the largest (in size) Atlantic hurricane on record and caused considerable storm surge in coastal Texas and significant wind and flooding damage, per NCEI.

Flood watches have been issued for most of central and eastern New Mexico for the possibility of flash flooding.

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning in western Pennsylvania on Thursday.