The scale was simplified in 2012 - previously it included information on storm surge height, flooding impact and air pressure. However, storm surges and flooding are affected by local conditions as ...

River discharge is determined by rainfall and this relationship is shown on a flood hydrograph, which shows how discharge changes after a storm event. On a hydrograph the horizontal axis shows time ...

THAT’S COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. THE BEAUTY OF RIVERFRONT LIVING BALANCED AGAINST THE REALITY OF FLOODING AFTER MAJOR RAIN EVENTS, WITH A SYSTEM LIKELY TO BRING RAIN TO OUR AREA, WESH 2 NEWS ...

The world is on track for 3.1C warming by the end of this century, which is expected to make rain heavier still, increasing the chances of flash flooding ... the unfortunate geography of being ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A couple in their 70s who served as election poll workers were among at least five people killed in Missouri after torrential rains caused flash flooding across the state.

At least three people drowned in Missouri, including two poll workers, from flooding caused by heavy rains that hit southern and eastern parts of the state and forced numerous road closures Monday ...

The flooding can continue for days and weeks after the storm for several reasons. "Hurricane Milton brought heavy rains at the end of the summer rainy season when the ground was already saturated ...

More than 150 people died in Spain this week as the country dealt with unprecedented flooding. Flash floods hit the Valencia region after intense rain on Tuesday and Wednesday. Since the rain came ...

Spain is reeling from its worst flooding in decades, after a year’s worth of rain fell in just hours this week in the country’s southern and eastern regions. The storm began on Tuesday and has ...

For days, the people of Paiporta have been dealing with the devastation of their town. But what hurts them now is the sense that they have been forgotten by their country. As we walk through this ...

Carlos Mazon accompanied them. The officials have been critcized for a slow response to the historic flooding and humanitarian disaster that has followed. When the officials posed for a photo ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jesús Lucero Ezquerro, 28, who lives in the Poblats Marítims district of Valencia, Spain. The region has been ravaged by flash floods ...