Hundreds of acres of roofs and parking lots will prevent the land from soaking up rainwater, writes hydrology professor. DEIS ...

By all accounts, forecasters provided adequate warning — the problem was communicating the danger to residents.

Flood warnings have been issued for Kansas and Missouri as Tomahawk and Brush Creeks swell, prompting urgent safety alerts and road closures. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

This sort of flash flooding might just be the new normal, if you can use such a term to describe the phase we’re experiencing ...

In late September 2000, longtime Kerr County, Texas, resident W. Thornton Secor Jr. sat down with an oral historian to tell his story. Like many of the residents recorded as part of a decadeslong ...

Deadly floods on July 4 highlighted Texas' vulnerability. A state study found Texas leads the nation in flood-related property damage and fatalities. So what is it doing about that?

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

A sprawling tropical system churning toward the Gulf Coast threatens to bring significant rain and flash flooding this week to a large swath of the southeast, from the Florida panhandle to Louisiana ...

The Trump administration has paused work on a new database that would provide Americans with precise estimates of the ...

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha sued the Trump administration on July 16 to stop the termination of a multibillion-dollar grant program aimed at protecting communities against natural ...

Flash flood warnings remain in effect across parts of Central Texas Tuesday morning as thunderstorms and torrential rain continue to soak the region ...

FEMA flood maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant coverage gaps, and politics can ...