The deadly, widespread flooding disaster that plunged parts of the central and southern United States underwater in early ...

Volunteer rainfall monitoring program makes scientists out of citizens by JACKSON PARR, climate hazards planning educator, University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension If you have ever stood ...

There are increased fire concerns April 17, especially in areas that have been particularly dry over the last seven to 14 ...

As the drought worsens, more Florida counties have issued burn bans.Here's the dry weather outlook and where the fires are burning.

A 100-year flood has a 1% chance of happening in any given year. A 500-year flood? Just a 0.2% chance. But that doesn’t mean ...

With the frequency of catastrophic flooding, one civil engineer says we need to change the definition of 100-year floods, and ...

Nestled among cloud-kissed Andean peaks and known for its steady rainfall, Colombia ’s capital once seemed immune to water scarcity.

Total annual rainfall was below average across the region for the second consecutive year. Streamflows were low reflecting the below-average rainfall and poor soil moisture conditions. For further ...

Weather forecasters sometimes warn of storms that unleash rains so unusual they are described as 100-year or even 500 ... and periods of excessive precipitation have been occurring more frequently.

On Wednesday, the transportation agency announced the roll out of the new map — a more stylized presentation for the city’s 120-year-old train system. More a diagram than an actual ...

But as weather.com senior meteorologist Chris Dolce wrote in an article last year, it was all just a myth ... The number of warnings issued doesn’t necessarily match the number and intensity of ...