The heaviest rain since Ghana began keeping records fell in June 2026 on a city that has drowned in the same streets for sixty-six years.

Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky said emergency crews rescued people from flooded homes and vehicles. Flash flood warnings continued on Sunday. By Mark Walker and Sarah Mervosh Heavy rains in parts of ...

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 ...

Nearly three months after hurricanes Helene and Milton delivered record flood and storm surge levels to cities in Florida, the state has accepted a public loss model that FIU helped design to assess ...

Flood inundation models are tools that predict where water flows, how deep it gets, how fast it moves and how long it remains during a flood event. But despite recent advances in flood inundation ...

JBA Risk Management, a UK-based flood science specialist, has extensively updated its Global Flood Model, enhancing it with updated hazard maps, an extended range of future climate event sets, while ...

Before rain begins to fall, scientists and engineers can predict where a storm might cause flooding thanks to advanced modeling and digital simulations that help guide billion-dollar decisions ...

The City Council last week authorized the city manager to execute a contract with BKF Engineers to provide floodplain modeling for Avalon. The maximum cost will be $30,000. The vote was 3-0. Mayor ...

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 ...

Predicting floods, specifically in mountainous terrain, has long been a major challenge. Now, University of Vermont (UVM) scientists have demonstrated how artificial intelligence can significantly ...

Abstract: Rivers have historically been the primary water source for all life forms; however, their fluctuating flow patterns pose significant risks, particularly in coastal and flood-prone regions.