Floods in USA
New Mexico, California, Arizona, Nevada and parts of Texas all experienced storms, some flooding and cold temperatures over the last few days. The severe weather system is now expected to…
Germanwatch, a research group for sustainable development and global equity, has released its 9th Global Climate Risk report to coincide with the climate summit 2013 in Warsaw, Poland. The summit…
Strong storms and heavy rainfall left huge areas of central and south east Texas suffering from severe floods. At least two people have been reported as killed. Flood warnings have…
More than 40 ideas, presented by 10 teams of flood experts, were put forward for a Rebuild by Design competition to develop projects that will protect New York and New…
Areas of Austin saw as much as 30cm of rain in just 12 hours on Sunday 13th October, 2013. Barton Springs, north of the city, received 12.1 inches of rain…
Heavy rainfall resulted in flash floods in the the Louisville area and parts of Jefferson County, Kentucky, on 5th and 6th October, 2013. The record rainfall occurred on Saturday, 5th…
Since the floods first struck in north east Colorado on 12th September: 17 counties have been affected: Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Boulder, Clear Creek, Denver, El Paso, Fremont, Jefferson, Larimer, Logan,…
The flooding first struck in north east Colorado on September 12th 2013. So far 15 different counties in Colorado have been affected. A Federal State of Emergency has been declared…
After the drought, parts of Colorado around the Boulder region have seen as much as 7 inches (17cm) of rain in just 3 hours on the morning of Thursday September…
Three days of heavy rain brought floods to parts of Boulder and northern Jefferson counties, Colorado, late on Wednesday 11th September. Flash flood warnings have also been issued for surrounding…
I have written about “making room for the river” on a few occasions. It is a flood defence policy – or rather more of a philosophy and way of thinking…
As mentioned in our earlier report, south western USA was braced for heavy rainfall and possible floods brought by Tropical Storm Ivo. The National Weather Service put out flash flood…
There has been a series of flood incidents across the USA over the last 24 hours. New Jersey Thunderstorm in central and northern New Jersey yesterday brought as much as…
Further flooding has struck several states across mid USA. Parts of Kansas suffered from flash floods on 4th August. However flooding has now hit Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Tennessee, as…
Heavy rainfall during Sunday 4th August brought flooding to various parts of central Kansas including Reno County, which declared a local disaster late on Sunday afternoon. A number of people…
Areas of north Georgia have been inundated with heavy rainfall which resulted in flash floods during much of yesterday. The areas most affected include Gilmer County and Pickens County. In…
