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Close to 900 million people across the Global South live in densely packed urban slums, which often sit in floodplains. A new study finds that one…

Islamabad, Pakistan – Flash floods and landslides have killed at least 21 people in 24 hours across Pakistan, taking the total death toll in this year’s…

It has long been understood that clearcutting forests leads to more runoff, worsening flooding. But a new study finds that logging can reshape watersheds in surprising…

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…

CLIMATEWIRE | Artificial intelligence is showing promise when it comes to weather forecasting, but it still couldn’t predict the Texas floods.The best-performing weather models during the…

A slow-moving storm drenched large swaths of the Mid-Atlantic on Monday, flooding parts of the New York subway system, inundating major roads and causing long flight…

Texas Hill Country was back under a flood watch on Saturday, with the National Weather Service warning of “locally heavy rainfall” of 1-3in with isolated amounts…

Glaciers across northern Pakistan have been melting at an accelerated pace as a result of record-breaking summer temperatures, leading to deadly flash flooding and landslides.The floods…

CLIMATEWIRE | Texas knows it isn’t prepared for floods.But the state has done little to address the risk — and the federal government under President Donald…

India’s mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh has been left reeling after it was hit by rainstorms, flash floods and landslides, with dozens of people reported missing.Hundreds…