A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them from 1959 to 2019

The July 4 Texas Hill Country flash flooding event is the latest to hit the region known as “Flash Flood Alley,” as Texas continues to lead the U.S. in flood-related deaths. The greatest number of flood deaths in the U.

Still, Schumer and Co. appear to have jumped the gun on this one. While staffing shortages at the NWS and related entities are part of Trump’s downsizing, all indications are that, given the unpredictability and severity of the flood, the federal systems worked as well as they reasonably could have.

A chain-link fence that separates Water Street in the center of Kerrville from the Guadalupe River just a few hundred feet away has become a makeshift memorial, with the flower-covered stretch serving as a focal point for a grieving community.

Florida lacks the hilly topography that supercharged torrential rain into deadly inundations in Central Texas over the July Fourth weekend, but a host of factors make the Sunshine State the most flood-prone of any other.

In mountainous Ugandan communities, where heavier rains are incurring landslides and erosion, hillside farmers are adopting more sustainable growing practices. The annual number of flood deaths in the United States have gradually increased in recent years, a new analysis finds. A dam burst this week near the Tibet-Nepal border, killing several people and disrupting regional trade. Record-high ...

Editorial: The Texas deaths aren’t a smoking gun today but rather a cautionary tale about the future. Congress must confront the anti-science sabotage in which this president is engaged.

President Donald Trump defended the state and federal response to deadly flash flooding in Texas on Friday as he visited the stricken Hill Country region, where at least 120 people, including dozens of children,