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Why rare 'high risk' flood days need to be taken seriously
This is not your typical flash flood threat. Your commute to work or school, the subway system, a parking lot, the street on which you live or even your home are all areas that could become inundated by floodwaters on a high-risk flood day.
Hurricanes Helene and Milton, like dozens of others, energized by climate change, report says
Hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean Basin are running on average a category stronger on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale than without climate change and its associated warming, a new study says.
Dangerous flash flood potential covers part of Gulf Coast on Tuesday before Florida soaker
Dangerous flash flooding is a possibility from far eastern Louisiana to the western Florida Panhandle on Tuesday before the system moves into the Florida Peninsula on Wednesday.
Florida, Gulf Coast face torrential rain, flood threat from remnants of Tropical Storm Sara
Millions of people along the U.S. Gulf Coast from around New Orleans to the Florida Peninsula are facing a widespread rain event this week which stems from both a powerful storm system bringing severe weather to the Plains and the remnants of what was once Tropical Storm Sara.