Human-driven climate change, through the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas, has made the once-rare event all ...

Its 40-some passengers that evening had been sharing bottles of wine and hearing tales of Mississippi River history as they cruised along, speedboats occasionally racing by on either side.

It sent me back to the great classic on American disaster, “The Johnstown Flood” by David McCullough, published in 1968. I hadn’t remembered it contains information pertinent to the current ...

Because it is low-lying, the land on which the mounds were built floods seasonally when ... to the mounds is connected to the Mississippi River's main channel by Johnson Slough.

A Mississippi bridge set to be demolished collapsed in a deadly accident on Wednesday, officials said. The Mississippi Department of Transportation confirmed there were fatalities, though it did not ...

The letter reads, in part, "We have had a distressing time, such rain and floods. The slides were something ... Rhodes said the letter now feels like history repeating itself.

Still, these rarely match the scale of historic large-scale disasters, such as the Galveston hurricane of 1900 and the Mississippi River floods of ... in New Jersey’s history struck the entire ...

Sep. 13, 2024 — The common practice of building dams to prevent flooding can actually contribute to more intense coastal flood events, according to a new study. By analyzing data and ...

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The state’s primary natural threats are coastal storms, wildfires, blizzards, river flooding and occasional droughts. Still, these rarely match the scale of historic large-scale disasters, such as the ...