The intensity of extreme drought and rainfall has “sharply” increased over the past 20 years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Water. These aren’t merely tough weather ...
Covering extreme drought and massive flooding in a matter of weeks shows one reporter the toll of the climate crisis.
Drive through any part of New England today and you’ll see signs of drought: brown grass, wildfire warnings, early fall foliage and low rivers. One hundred percent of New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine ...
Drought conditions could continue into winter despite a good chance of a wetter-than-usual autumn and flood risks increasing, officials say. The Met Office and Environment Agency said the current ...
Scientists discovered that a week of full submergence is enough to kill most rice plants, making flooding a far greater threat than previously understood. Intensifying extreme rainfall events may ...
The intensity of heavy downpours has increased by 40% since pre-industrial times, with some areas receiving more than a ...
Historic flooding impacted much of the Evergreen State in early December.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As the last river finally falls below major flood stage near the coast, a rapidly worsening drought is killing crops and causing hard-to-fight wildfires in rugged terrain in ...
The intensity of extreme drought and rainfall has “sharply” increased over the past 20 years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Water. These aren’t merely tough weather ...
More records for both wet and dry weather are being set around the globe, often with disastrous consequences for the people facing such extremes, according to a study published Wednesday that offered ...
Atif Aryan/AFP/AFP Next to small bundles of belongings, Maruf waited for a car to take him and his family away from their village in northern Afghanistan, where drought-ridden land had yielded nothing ...