The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated data and obsolete models. As a result, the U.S. government downplays flood risks for homeowners across the country—but ...

Heavy flooding following torrential rains in eastern Congo washed away several villages along the shores of Lake Tanganyika, leaving at least 62 dead and 50 missing, authorities said Saturday.

On May 8, 1995, severe floods from excessive rainfall caused extensive damage in southeast Louisiana and south Mississippi. The floods shut down the city of New Orleans after the area received 10 ...

A coastal storm will soak the Northeast from Thursday to Saturday and meteorologists fear flooding in portions of upstate already soaked from days of rain. Water rips down the Normans Kill under ...

TAKING SOME ACTION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING. WE WERE ACTUALLY ON OUR WAY TO THE LAKEFRONT. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE’RE HERE AT DIAMOND AND CHEF WHERE THERE’S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Central New York saw many areas of flooding on Tuesday as widespread heavy rain blanketed the region with several inches of accumulation. You may have noticed there were a ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - A heavy amount of rain in a short amount of time caused flashed floods in Shreveport and Bossier City twice in less than a week. Roads were submerged preventing some drivers from ...

The National Weather Service has issued a warning "life-threatening flash flooding" in Austin as heavy rain drenches the city. Currently, a massive storm system hovers over much of the country ...

The U.S. National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for regions of North Louisiana. The flood watch will remain in effect from 7 a.m. on Tuesday, May 6 until 7 a.m. on Wednesday ...

A new exhibit at the Sutter County Museum delves into that answer, showing the history of floods and human intervention in the Yuba-Sutter area. “Especially with flooding, that’s something ...

Mark Trigg is affiliated with water@leeds at the University of Leeds and the Global Flood Partnership. Raphaël Tshimanga receives funding from he Congo River user Hydraulics and Morphology (CRuHM ...

The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn't just about intense rainfall. It was a symptom of recent land use change which has occurred ...