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On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans and notably the city’s low-income Lower Ninth Ward. The flooding killed almost 1,400 people. The levees and…

Schools in parts of Texas reopened their doors two months earlier than planned this summer. But the reason was tragic.They were transformed into “relief hubs” to…

Boys collect wood and other useful items through the rubble of their damaged home following Friday’s flash flooding at a neighborhood of Pir Baba, an area…

August 13, 20252 min readWhy Glacial Lake Outbursts like the One in Alaska May Happen More OftenMeltwater from a glacial lake outburst is flooding Juneau, Alaska.…

When Hamas bulldozed its way across the Gaza fence on October 7, 2023, it hoped to eventually provoke the opprobrium that’s now flowing in Israel’s direction.…

Husic says politicians ‘underestimated’ how strongly Australians feel about GazaLabor MP Ed Husic said more and more Australians had grown concerned about the impact of Israel’s…

Back when we took photographs with actual cameras and film and had the pictures printed at the chemist, we took a snap of our son on…

The dam on the Guadalupe River that forms Nimitz Lake, the city of Kerrville’s primary water reservoir. County commissioners say they have a plan to drain…

CLIMATEWIRE | In the past decade, as extreme weather killed nearly 700 people in Texas, the state relinquished $225 million in federal grant money that it…

A damaged home is seen after flash flooding in Hunt, Texas, on July 4. Just 4% of homeowners nationwide have flood insurance, according to the Federal…