Flash Floods in St Lucie County, Florida
While the rest of the USA freezes, parts of Florida are seeing huge amounts of rainfall. In Fort Pierce, St Lucie County, more than 15cm (6 inches) of rain fell…
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Floods in Maine as USA Freezes
While parts of UK, Ireland and France are suffering from heavy rainfall and strong winds, parts of Canada and the USA are bracing themselves for extreme cold temperatures that could…
5 Dead in Kentucky Floods as Storms Hit USA
A storm system swept across southern, central and north easter states of the USA on Saturday and Sunday, bringing with it heavy rain and some flooding, as well as snow,…
Ice Jam Flooding Threat for Muskegon River
An ice jam on the Muskegon River is threatening to flood an area just south east of Big Rapids, Mecosta County, Michigan. Should the ice jam remain for any length…
Storms and Floods in Western 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 Global Climate Risk Report
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…
Flash Floods in Central Texas
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…
Ideas to Protect New York and New Jersey from Floods
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…
Austin, Texas Flash Floods
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…
Louisville Floods
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…
Colorado Flood Facts and Figures
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,…
Photos of the Colorado Floods
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…
Colorado Floods Update
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…
Flooding in North East Colorado, USA
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…
New Orleans Makes Room for the River
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…
Ivo brings Floods to USA
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…
