Weather forecasters often use terms like "100-year" or "500-year" floods. Here’s what those terms really mean and why these extreme events are happening more frequently.

Multiple unconfirmed tornadoes were reported across Indiana overnight as a powerful storm swept across the Midwest.

Scientists warn that 4°C (7.2°F) of warming will make the average person 40 per cent poorer by 2100, while the average Briton ...

Weather forecasts sometimes warn of storms that can unleash rains so unusual that they are described as 100-year or even ...

Here’s what to know about how scientists determine how extreme a flood is and how common these extreme events are becoming.

Some 62,000 people and 56,000 homes on and near the New Jersey Shore will see at least one annual flood because of sea-level ...

The National Weather Service warned on Thursday of "generational" floods in the U.S. South and Midwest as storms ripped ...

By 2050, thousands in coastal North Carolina may face severe flooding from rising seas, with older adults especially at risk, according to a new Climate Central report.

These economies are deeply reliant on selling goods to the United States, and many of them were hit with especially steep ...

Flooding in coastal areas of the United States is projected to occur 10 times more often over the next 25 years, with about 2.5 million people and 1.4 million homes facing severe property damage from ...