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Scientists say human-caused warming is turning rare 1,000-year storms into repeat events, making summer increasingly deadly.
Cloud seeding is a weather technique used to get more precipitation out of existing clouds. How do clouds form? To explain ...
The monstrous, swift-moving flood that swept through the Hill Country of Texas on Friday, killing at least 32 people and leaving many more missing, was a flash flood, the nation's top storm-related ...
"The science behind it is so basic you can see it in daily life," one researcher said. "Warm water drives more evaporation — the bathroom gets much steamier after a hot bath than a cold one." ...
Two massive disasters this year are leading some to grapple with the question of how to get officials and the public to care and take action.
In Ruidoso, New Mexico, years of intense wildfires scarred the mountains. Now the town is a flash flood zone with lessons for ...
Eastland first advocated for an updated system in 1987, following the death of 10 children at the nearby Pot O’ Gold ...
When water levels rise, all that new growth terrestrial vegetation is flooded and begins to decay. This pumps in rich ...
Conspiracy theories tried to “explain” the flooding from Tropical Storm Chantal and other earlier storms. The more outlandish ...
Texas flood at Camp Mystic prompts summer camps to enhance weather monitoring and communication tools as more camps seek ...