USA – Research Finds Dramatic Increase in Flooding on East Coast Roads
High tide floods along the US east coast have increased by 90% in the past 20 years, according to a recent study. Furthermore, researchers predict that, by around 2050, nuisance…
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Floods in USA
USA – Flood Rescues After Record Rain in California
Emergency services in California carried out several flood rescues after a powerful storm and record rain brought flooding and landslides. The storm lasted around 3 days and affected areas from…
Study Finds Massive Decline in Insect Population After Floods
Annapolis, MD; March 15, 2018 — After a 100-year flood struck south central Oklahoma in 2015, a study of the insects, arthropods, and other invertebrates in the area revealed striking…
USA – Government Needs to Do More to Climate-Proof Communities, Say Experts
Both people and infrastructure could be better prepared to withstand hurricanes, floods and rises in sea level. LONDON, March 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The U.S. government urgently needs to…
USA – Researchers Issue First-Annual Sea-Level Report Cards
Researchers at William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science are launching new web-based “report cards” to monitor and forecast changes in sea level at 32 localities along the U.S.…
USA – Study Warns Sinking Land Will Exacerbate Flooding From Sea Level Rise in San Francisco Bay
Rising sea levels are predicted to submerge many coastal areas around San Francisco Bay by 2100, but a new study warns that sinking land – primarily the compaction of landfill…
USGS Flood Experts Respond to High Water in Central, Northeastern U.S.
Crews from the U.S. Geological Survey have been in the field for weeks measuring flooding in the Midwest and in the Mississippi River watershed, and more recently flooding and storm…
USA – Winter Storm Riley Causes Coastal Flooding
Much of Northeast and northern Mid-Atlantic USA was slammed with heavy snow, heavy rain and high winds from a powerful storm system named “Winter Storm Riley” on 02 March 2018.…
USA – NASA’s GPM Observes Arkansas and Tennessee Flooding Downpours
The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite provided forecasters with a look at the rainfall rates in storms drenching Arkansas and Tennessee. NOAA’s National Weather Service has issued…
New Study Finds Over 40 Million Americans at Risk From River Flooding
More than 40 million Americans are at risk from flooding rivers, according to a new study. This is over 3 times the current estimate based on FEMA flood maps. The…
USA – Rising Rivers Prompt Louisiana to Declare State of Emergency
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency in several parishes across the state as a result of severe weather and flooding. Louisiana joins the states of…
USA – 6 Dead as Flooding in Central and Southern States Worsens
Flooding and severe weather has affected southern and central USA since 17 February, 2018 when rivers overflowed in parts of West Virginia and Ohio. Further heavy rain last week increased…
USA and Canada – 2 Dead, 1 Missing as Rivers Overflow in Midwest and Ontario
Update, 23 February, 2018 The flooding has continued in Midwest and Southern USA and has now affected parts of Texas and Oklahoma. Meanwhile in Michigan, communities along the rising St…
USA – Rising Rivers Cause Flooding in Ohio and West Virginia
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice issued a state of emergency on Saturday 17 February, 2018, for all 55 counties of the state due to flooding. Heavy rain and some snow…
USA – Floods and Landslides in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia
Heavy rain, flooding and landslides have affected areas of Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee, USA, since 10 February 2018. Kentucky Emergency Management (KYEM) said on 11 February that it…
USA – Researchers Compare Pollution Levels in Texas Before and After Hurricane Harvey
Recent years have seen rising interest in improving post-disaster research, with calls for more and better studies coming from the academic community and agencies such as the National Institutes of…
