By Clare Nuttall in Glasgow Torrential rains in the Congolese capital Kinshasa in early April brought devastating floods that killed at least 165 people. As muddy torrents swept away cars and ...

Rising sea levels, extreme weather, and changing climate patterns are putting many lands at risk of flooding in the near future. This video explores the regions around the world that could be ...

SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. — Sevier County and state leaders are working to update the county's flood map, aiming to reduce flood risk following recent heavy rains and flooding in the area.

Foreign investors are invited for Indonesia's plan to build a $80 billion seawall hundreds of kilometres long to prevent ...

A massive quake might drop the Pacific Northwest coastline by 6 feet, redrawing flood maps and putting thousands of homes at risk. Greenwich Time Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo Skip to main content ...

FEMA's flood insurance rate maps delineate 100- and 500-year floodplains based on rainfall data, terrain features and models that predict how water moves.. Owners of homes located within a 100 ...

A recent analysis from Climate Central projects significant flood risk along America’s costs by 2050, with New Jersey among the three states most at risk.

Swiss authorities were on Thursday monitoring for possible flood risk in a southern valley, following a massive glacier collapse that created a huge pile of debris after destroying a small village.

Flooding increased on Thursday as the mound of debris almost 2 km (1.2 miles) across clogged the path of the River Lonza, causing a lake to form amid the wreckage, raising fears that the morass ...

On a new Bay Area wildfire-risk map that gauges the threat of wind-driven embers, Lars Guntvedt’s neighborhood in the hills above Los Gatos sits in the highest-danger zone. Like many of his of ...

Climate change is raising the risk of dangerous flooding, especially in coastal communities. For some towns on the Jersey Shore, the most practical solution is raising homes off the ground.

Millions of homes across the U.S. face risk of damage from hurricane-force winds and storm-surge flooding this year.