The onset of the rainy season can affect food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa as much as the amount of rain farmers receive overall, a new study shows.

Larger differences between the Earth's surface temperature at night and day increase the risk of severe thunderstorms and flood-causing cloud bursts.

Heavy rain events, which happen just a few days each year, have an outsize role in sending nitrogen runoff into waterways, computer modeling indicates.

To stop their cells from exploding after a downpour, plants trigger them to self-destruct. Now researchers know more about how.

New research clarifies the role of water vapor in rainfall, a complex relationship that remains mysterious.

New research offers insight into how flood risks may change in a warming world that has less snow.

Scientists knew human-induced climate change would cause Hurricane Florence to be bigger and wetter, even before the storm hit. Here's how.

Hurricane rains that come once winds subside may actually have more intensity than when the storm is at its strongest.

The next time a river overflows its banks, don't just blame the rain. New research identifies another culprit: Leafy plants.