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FEMA’s maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness.
The number of people missing since the July 4 floods in Texas dropped to three this weekend as authorities recovered victims, ...
The weekend is ending on a stormy note across a large portion of the U.S., as more than 76 million Americans face the threat of severe weather on Sunday from the Northeast to the Midwest.
"The science behind it is so basic you can see it in daily life," one researcher said. "Warm water drives more evaporation — ...
Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from ...
This year has seen a seemingly endless string of flash floods across the U.S. The root causes are as diverse as they are ...
Conspiracy theories tried to “explain” the flooding from Tropical Storm Chantal and other earlier storms. The more outlandish ...
According to city officials, the Plus One ADU Program will combine low or no-interest capital loans from the city Department ...
Flash flooding in cities throughout the U.S. might just be the new normal but most of this country is still not ready for it, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Mark Gongloff writes.
New York City’s subway system is mainly known for moving millions of riders every day and scaring the U.S. transportation ...
Manhattan’s precolonial topography is to blame for the 28th Street Station subway geyser that bursts with bubbling water ...
Bea Hines first met Floyd Dorsett when she moved to Miami in 1944 with her family. They were both 6 years old.