Alaska has at least 120 glacier-dammed lakes, and almost all have drained at least once since 1985, a new study shows. Small ones have been producing larger floods in recent years.

A new study of Florida’s fiscal vulnerability to climate change finds that flooding directly threatens many local tax bases.

Climate models suggest North Africa will get drier in future. But its caves tell a different story.

There’s a rule of thumb that rainfall intensity increases by about 7% per degree Celsius as temperatures rise. But the increase is much higher in the mountains, scientists found.

There’s a rule of thumb that rainfall intensity increases by about 7% per degree Celsius as temperatures rise. But the increase is much higher in the mountains, scientists found.

An ‘omega block’ helped Storm Daniel wreak devastation in Libya.

One village recorded 1.5 year’s rain in 18 hours.

An expert in disaster law explains the steps for securing aid, what to do if everything is lost and the deadlines to watch.

A lack of weather radar stations means Africa is being hit hard by extreme weather events.

A new study shows that river barriers, similar to those built by beavers, can protect areas at risk of flooding by storing water upstream.