Forecasters warned of ‘potentially historic rainfall’ and ‘dangerous to locally catastrophic flooding.’ A hurricane scientist explains what El Niño, a heat dome and mountains have to do with the risk.

Forecasters are warning of a destructive storm for Mexico and the US Southwest – with El Niño, a heat dome and the mountains all playing a role.

Forecasters are warning of a destructive storm for Mexico and the US Southwest – with El Niño, a heat dome and the mountains all playing a role.

Across the world, elderly people tend to be the most vulnerable to climate-related disasters.

An engineer who managed dams for years explains the tradeoffs operators make as they decide when to release water and how much to stay safe.

More extreme rainfall and frequent storms are raising the risk that floodwaters could spill over dams, or that dams could fail.

Parts of New York’s Hudson Valley were hit with 10 inches of rain, and the mountains of Vermont – where runoff can quickly turn deadly – saw some its worst flooding since Hurricane Irene.

Breaching the Kakhovka Dam and reservoir had all the hallmarks of a scorched-earth strategy. Two expert observers of the Russia-Ukraine war explain this event’s destructive long-term effects.

In praise of messy rivers.

Homeowners in mostly white communities prefer to risk another flood rather than move to a more diverse neighborhood on safer ground.