Flooding

Floods have become more frequent in the central United States in the past 50 years, a new study finds.

New, more precise dates for India's Deccan Traps eruptions could revive the idea that the massive set of lava flows caused the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) extinction.

Iceberg marks found offshore Florida suggest future ice sheet melting may be more complex that previously thought.

Researchers have figured out a new way to predict which rivers are most at risk of dangerous flooding.

A satellite image of Namibia shows spring flooding on the Zambezi River. The flood waters appear black against the bright green of the vegetation.

The mysterious abandonment of Cahokia, one of North America's greatest cities, may be linked to a massive Mississippi River flood 1,800 years ago.

The U.K. Royal Air Force is joining flood recovery efforts in the U.K. after winter storms have drenched the area and caused the River Thames to overtop its banks.