Record-high lake levels led to devastating flood damage in Great Lakes coastal communities in 2017, but in the two years since, little has changed. Brock University Professor of Biology and…
River flooding continues in the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec, where thousands of people have evacuated their homes. Flooding began around 19 April, 2019, when snowmelt and…
Science is clearly showing that the world is shifting towards a more unstable climate. Weather events like the flash floods in Sydney last week will be more frequent and extreme,…
More than 8 inches of rain fell in the Tri-state area of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, flooding roads and stranding vehicles. The rain fell during a series of…
Many cities around the world face a lack of affordable housing in and around expensive central business districts. Employers want cheaper labourers, who need more affordable housing in accordance with…
Media call it the worst flood of the century in the region. After more than two weeks of relentless rain, Kerala, a state at the southern tip of India, known…
Torrential rain and flooding have affected parts of eastern USA over the last few days prompting highwater rescues and evacuations. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency…
Severe weather continued to affect parts of the USA on Monday, 16 April, with flooding reported in New York City and other locations in the tri-state area. Roads were closed…
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.…
A study by Columbia University has found that adding protective barriers around street trees could reduce load on city sewers, increasing the effectiveness of urban Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS). In…
Ice jams have caused severe problems along some rivers in north eastern USA and eastern Canada since 12 January, 2018. States of emergency have been declared and around 200 people…
Superstorms as severe as Sandy, the monster which swamped New York City in 2012, could become more frequent because of rising sea levels. By Tim Radford LONDON, 27 October, 2017 –…
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…
The Northeastern coast of the USA could be struck by more frequent and more powerful hurricanes in the future due to shifting weather patterns, according to new research. Hurricanes have…
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hurricanes could start flooding New York City’s coastline as often as every 20 years due to the effects of climate change on sea-level rise…
