As many as 35 people are reported missing or unaccounted for after flash floods in North Carolina brought by torrential rainfall from Tropical Storm ‘Fred’. Governor Roy Cooper issued a…
Tropical Cyclone Isaias strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on Monday, 03 August, prior to making landfall near Ocean Isle Beach in North Carolina, USA. Since then, at least 6…
Behind the scenes during hurricanes and other disasters, scores of public information officers in state and local government agencies are fixed to their screens – often in 24-hour shifts –…
At the time of writing, Dorian has been downgraded to a Category 2 storm and is currently tracking northward parallel to the US coast. Where Dorian decides to travel next…
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.…
A new study claims that sea-level rises in the United States will require the construction of more than 50,000 miles (80,000km) of coastal barriers in 22 states by 2040, a…
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When flash floods tore through Ellicott City, Maryland, this spring, Governor Larry Hogan called it a “once-every-1,000-year” event – even though it was…
Residents are struggling with the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, a record-breaking storm that has hit the US east coast and led to at least 32 deaths, floods and damaged homes.…
At least 10 people have died in North Carolina after Hurricane Florence made landfall in the state on 14 September. Between 20 and 33 inches (500mm to 838mm) of rain…
Mass evacuations have been ordered as Hurricane Florence bears down on the US East Coast. As of 11 September, Florence was a category 4 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds near…
NASA satellites are providing a lot of different kinds of data to forecasters at the National Hurricane Center to help them understand what’s happening Hurricane Florence. NASA’s Aqua satellite is…
Heavy rain, enhanced by the remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon, caused severe flooding in parts of Kentucky and Missouri between 07 to 09 September 2018. At least 2 people have…
After making landfall as a Subtropical Storm near Laguna Beach in Florida on 28 May, Alberto has continued to move north as a Subtropical Depression, brining heavy rain to areas…
Subtropical Storm Alberto brought soaking rainfall to the southeastern U.S. up through the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys. Using a variety of resources to gather data, including the Global Precipitation Measurement…
NEW YORK, Nov 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Almost 14,000 archaeological sites and national monuments in the United States could be lost by the year 2100 as seas rise due…
After causing devastating damage across the Caribbean, Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys on 10 September and worked it’s way north, bringing with it strong winds, storm surge…
