All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 15 2023 // China has been hit by devastating floods in recent weeks, inundating cities and causing deaths and infrastructural damage, as well as raising questions about the effectiveness of its 2015 “sponge city”...
Aug 14 2023 // The crack of a summer thunderstorm once comforted people in Ludlow, Vermont. But that was before a storm dropped eight inches of rain on the village of 2,200 in two days last month. And it was before the devastation of...
Aug 10 2023 // A dam on a Norwegian river partly collapsed after heavy rain on Wednesday, sending water gushing through a wide gap in the structure, and the prime minister said the country should be prepared for more floods in the coming...
Aug 9 2023 // The gray, two-story home with white trim toppled and slid, crashing into the river below as rushing waters carried off a bobbing chunk of its roof. Next door, a condo building teetered on the edge of the bank, its...
Aug 7 2023 // LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) – Slovenia has faced the worst-ever natural disaster in its history, Prime Minister Robert Golob said Saturday, after devastating floods caused damage estimated at half a billion euros ($550...
Aug 7 2023 // Flooding in northwest Tennessee and western Kentucky has shut down roads and prompted some home evacuations.Several inches of rain fell over 24 hours in the region along the Mississippi River, causing flash flooding....
Aug 7 2023 // A beloved bookstore in Vermont`s small capital city moved across the street to a new spot farther from the Winooski River after an ice jam sent river water into the store in 1992. A nearby office supply and gift store did...
Aug 4 2023 // Several people were killed in Slovenia as the southern European nation was hit by some of the worst flooding in more the decade, with rapidly rising waters submerging towns in the country’s north.The Slovenian...
Aug 1 2023 // Almost 6 million Texans, or about 20% of the population, live in an area susceptible to flooding, according to first-of-its-kind data gathered as part of a statewide effort to harden Texas against floods and rising sea...
Aug 1 2023 // Relentless rain stretched into a fourth day in Beijing and nearby cities on Tuesday as a weakening typhoon brought non-stop precipitation and widespread flooding to northern China, so far claiming 11 lives.Rivers have...
Jul 27 2023 // Vermont state and federal officials are urging farmers to document and report damage from the catastrophic flooding that hit the state two weeks ago and inundated crops in the rural mountainous state known for its scenic...
Jul 25 2023 // Governor Ned Lamont has submitted a request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a federal agriculture disaster declaration for all eight counties in Connecticut due to the significant damage that occurred to farms...
Jul 24 2023 // Many of the lowest-lying coastal areas of the Southeastern United States, including some heavily populated parts of Florida, will be subject to increased annual flooding in less than 30 years, according to scenarios mapped...
Jul 21 2023 // Tropical Storm Calvin brought high surf, heavy rain and gusts to parts of Hawaii`s Big Island on Wednesday, only inflicting minor damage.By late morning, the storm had passed to the west and the National Weather Service...
Jul 20 2023 // Parts of Kentucky cannot seem to catch a break from extreme weather events.Some 18 months after a powerful tornado ripped up much of downtown Mayfield, in southwestern Kentucky, heavily damaging businesses, homes, churches...
Jul 17 2023 // Heavy rains pounded an already saturated Northeast on Sunday for the second time in a week, spurring another round of flash flooding, cancelled airline flights and power outages. In Pennsylvania, a sudden flash flood late...
Jul 17 2023 // South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday blamed authorities’ failure to follow disaster response rules as the death toll from days of torrential rain rose to 40, including a dozen people found dead in a...
Jul 17 2023 // A cluster of severe thunderstorms pounded the US Northeast including New York City on Sunday, unleashing deadly flooding in Pennsylvania, halting operations at several airports, and prompting tornado watches across New...
Jul 17 2023 // In Windham, Vermont, a wooden A-frame house that normally evokes blustery winters sits on a roadway transformed by record rainfall into a river. Twenty miles away in Bridgewater, a man wades through waist-high waters...
Jul 17 2023 // More than half of the U.S. population resides in a county that is likely to experience stormwater system failure due to flooding from heavy rainfall events, according to a new report published by First Street...