As recent deluges in St. Louis and Kentucky show, flash flooding can happen in urban and rural areas, with deadly results in either setting.

Yellowstone’s destructive flooding was a taste of the risks ahead in a warming world, and it’s just one example.

Yellowstone’s destructive flooding was a taste of the risks ahead in a warming world, and it’s just one example.

The smell of the desert after a rainstorm could be good for your health thanks to plants releasing oils and chemicals that cut stress, researchers report.

You can’t photograph the inside of a twister, but radar offers some clues.

"...environmental changes caused by humans are signaling more and quicker rainfall, which have direct consequences for coastal communities...”

Flash droughts don't last long, but can be disastrous. A new study shows they're more frequent and coming on faster, likely due to climate change.

Extended periods of rain are most likely found in locations where mountains are near oceans.

Researchers are uncovering how microplastic particles are carried in wind, rain and snow to remote regions of our planet.