Sunny Day Flooding
With Hurricane Dorian threatening in late August 2019, we investigate the climate crisis in Norfolk, Virginia -- site of the largest Naval base in the...
In Houston, a rash of storms tests the limits of coping with climate change
A city that did seemed to do everything right after Hurricane Harvey was again inundated last week. Is it a model of adaptation, or a...
Building a better algorithm to predict flood risk in the age of climate change
It's dusk in Charleston, South Carolina, and Sharai Lewis-Gruss slides on waders and sloshes into a deep puddle on the side of the road.
Building a better algorithm to predict flood risk in the age of climate change
Flood iQ covers the East coast and the Gulf coast, and visualizes your risk of sea level rise flooding today and up to 15 years...
Across America, climate change is already disrupting lives
The continental United States is 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it was a century ago. Seas at the coasts are nine inches higher. The damage...
‘No state in the country is spared’ from f‘No state in the country is spared’ from flooding risks, new report sayslooding risks, new report says
The United States is getting wetter, and people across the country, from local government officials to scientists, all need to help communities prepare for an...
Houston Cleans up After Imelda’s Devastating Rains
Authorities confirmed a fifth death this weekend linked to devastating rainfall from Tropical Storm Imelda as the Houston area struggles to recover from last week's...
‘We Shouldn’t Be Used to This’: Houston Swamped by Second Major Flood Event in Two Years
Two have died and at least 1,000 had to be rescued as Tropical Storm Imelda brought extreme flooding to the Houston area Thursday, only two...