A powerful storm hit the East Coast of the United States over the last few days, causing widespread devastation and damages as it moved north and into Atlantic Canada on…
A State of Disaster has been declared for all 14 counties of the state of Vermont in the USA after two months of rain in two days triggered the worst…
Dozens of people were rescued or evacuated after heavy rain brought by the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred triggered severe flash flooding in parts of New York State. Flooding was…
The oceans are rising at an accelerating rate, and millions of people are in the way. Rising tides are already affecting cities along low-lying shorelines, such as the U.S. Atlantic…
LONDON, 3 September, 2019 − What are now considered once-in-a-hundred-years floods are on the increase in the US. Later this century, they could happen to northern coastal states every year.…
Storms and heavy rain caused localised flooding in parts of Massachusetts on 17 July, 2018. Some areas recorded 4.52 inches (114.8 mm) of rain in less than 24 hours. Severe…
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…
Strong winds from a major winter storm, combined with a high tide intensified by a supermoon, caused historic coastal flooding in parts of north eastern USA on Thursday, 04 January…
Beginning July 10, U.S. Geological Survey scientists plan to conduct fieldwork along a flood-impacted stretch of New York’s Lake Ontario shoreline, using unmanned aerial systems (also known as drones), pressure…
Over the past century, the Northeast has experienced an increase in the number of storms with extreme precipitation. A Dartmouth-led study finds that the increase in extreme Northeast storms occurred…
Winter storm Juno hit the eastern US states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine with 75 mph winds and 30 inches of snow. Snowfall amounts, travel bans…
A storm system across the north east of the USA resulted in flooding in several states, including New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut over the weekend. New Jersey and…
