Flooding

Is the octopus in the parking garage climate change's canary in the coal mine?

A bubbling flood of molasses that sent a towering wave of goo down the streets of Boston in 1919, and now scientists have figured out why it was so deadly.

Disastrous floods like those seen during Hurricane Sandy in 2012 may hit New York City 17 times more often in the next century, a new study finds.

Tremendous downpours led to widespread flooding in southern Louisiana.

One day's rainfall was a 500-year event.

While the tale is the stuff of myths, geologists found that at least part of the story is based in reality.

Torrential downpours are becoming more common, and a new analysis warns that trend will continue.

Severe floods in Texas and Oklahoma are causing devastation after multiple storm systems battered a formerly drought-stricken area, according to experts.

A new study has shown that although huge floods are rare in human lifetimes, they are responsible for sculpting the steep mountains in Colorado's semiarid landscape.

Mysterious flooding and high tides along the East Coast in 2009 and 2010 now have an explanation: a major change in the Atlantic Ocean's wind patterns and warm-water currents.