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…
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has forecast heavy rain for parts of central and north western Queensland over the coming days. A low pressure system is tracking to the west…
Heavy rain between 28 February and 01 March triggered flash floods in Honiara, capital of the Solomon Islands, and surrounding areas. Honiara recorded 171 mm of rain in 24 hours,…
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…
A Washington State University research team is solving a high-tech waste problem while addressing the environmental challenge of stormwater run-off. The researchers have shown they can greatly strengthen permeable pavements…
A company from Brisbane, Australia, at the cutting-edge of drone technology is leading the way in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for disaster recovery in the wake of Cyclone…
Earlier this month Canada’s Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness announced $46,000 funding to the province of Ontario under the National Disaster Mitigation Program (NDMP) to better plan for…
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, reported on 26 February that the torrential rain and flooding in Iraq 10 days ago have damaged shelters and communal infrastructure in camps for internally…
Heavy rain between 24 and 26 February 2018 caused flash flooding in parts of Canberra and Australian Capital Territory. Canberra Airport and Charnwood recorded their highest ever rainfall totals for…
A landmark study shows the impact of flooding, droughts and heatwaves by 2050-2100 will exceed previous predictions in Europe. Research by Newcastle University in the UK has for the first…
A shocking two-thirds of drivers would gamble with their safety by driving through floodwater – even though this is the leading cause of death during a flood, new figures have…
A storm sweeping across the Levant brought snow, heavy rain and some flooding to parts of south eastern Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and northern Iraq over the last few days. According…
Intense bouts of flooding are set to become more frequent, the Environment Agency in the UK has warned. The warning follows a pattern of severe flooding over the past 10…
The individual commitments made by parties of the United Nations Paris Agreement are not enough to fulfil the agreement’s overall goal of limiting global temperature rise to less than 2…
The biggest natural disaster to ever hit the Caribbean island of Dominica is now likely to provide guidelines for reducing the risk globally of disaster from hurricanes. Scientists led by…
Tampa, Fla. (February 12, 2018) -Twenty-five years of satellite data prove climate models are correct in predicting that sea levels will rise at an increasing rate. In a study published…
