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When mountain permafrost thaws and glaciers melt, glacial lakes can become lethal flood risks for anyone downstream.
Flash floods are getting more common, as warmer air can hold more moisture. But there are other changes leading to more inland flooding on the east coast.
We all know climate change makes extreme weather more likely. But it’s also loading the dice for quick-forming drought, sudden and intense rainfall and fast-forming tropical storms.
One village recorded 1.5 year’s rain in 18 hours.
Forecasters warned of ‘potentially historic rainfall’ and ‘dangerous to locally catastrophic flooding.’ A hurricane scientist explains what El Niño, a heat dome and mountains have to do with the risk.
Parts of New York’s Hudson Valley were hit with 10 inches of rain, and the mountains of Vermont – where runoff can quickly turn deadly – saw some its worst flooding since Hurricane Irene.
A supercomputer spent six months projecting localised rainfall extremes decades into the future.
The more the climate warms, the heavier the storm rainfalls will become. The Auckland emergency shows how urgently adaptive measures are now needed.
The majority of flood-related deaths involve vehicles in water. What if flood models could warn of the risks street by street using real-time storm forecasts? Machine learning can make it possible.
Millions of people around the world suffered through deadly flooding and long-lasting heat waves in 2022. A climate scientist explains the rising risks.
The growing threat of flash flooding as a result of more intense rapid rain bursts means the city needs to update its flood defences.
Nigeria must adopt a multi-pronged approach to address its flooding menace and minimise the effects.
Millions of people around the world suffered through long-lasting heat waves and deadly flash flooding in the summer of 2022. A climate scientist explains the rising risks.
Flood risks are rising as the climate warms. The risks are complex, as a levee or new roadway in one place can worsen flooding somewhere else.
Flash flooding often follows periods of drought.
Extreme downpours caught people off guard from Las Vegas to Kentucky in July 2022.
Remote sensing satellites provide the crucial data that helps scientists model disasters so that they can work on predicting avalanche patterns in future.
As someone who lost pretty much everything in the 2011 Brisbane floods and then led a study on community responses to those floods, I have some insights on what helps – and what doesn’t.
Urban gardens, parks and green walls are crucial ways to tackle flash floods and city heat. But new global research finds its effectiveness varies from city to city.
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell
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Faculty Research Scientist, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
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Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science, Wesleyan University
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