Maps shared by the National Weather Service (NWS) and King County Emergency Management in Washington state show where more than 46,000 people were ordered to evacuate around 15 miles south of Seattle ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District has named 16 companies to compete for task orders under a $900 million contract covering a broad range of engineering services. The Potomac Officers ...

Climate and land use change are increasingly altering the water balance and flood dynamics of East African wetlands. In Tanzania’s Kilombero floodplain, rice cultivation relies on seasonal flooding, ...

This is what rain can do in New York City. In July, Jessica Louise Dye was on the subway when she recorded a video of a “cascading wall of water coming at us.” Scenes like these are becoming more and ...

When D.C. gridlock froze the federal flood insurance program, one Florida startup saw an opening. Neptune Insurance Holdings made its Wall Street debut on Oct. 1 — the same day the government shutdown ...

When a storm is barreling in from the Gulf, which neighborhoods would be most likely to flood and at what depths? And can that be predicted quickly with affordable technology? A team of LSU scientists ...

The 2,175-mile system of interconnected, man-made canals crisscrossing Florida, from Orlando to the Keys, has a particularly important role when a hurricane happens to be pinwheeling toward the ...

WASHINGTON — A new machine learning tool can reduce errors in national flood prediction programing, resulting in more accurate predictions of where floods will occur. In a new study, scientists found ...

CHAUNCEY, Ohio—This village sits between the Hocking River and a tributary, Sunday Creek. When they flood, they can completely submerge the two roads connecting the village to the highway. The ...