KATHMANDU – Raging water disrupted life in Thame village—home to some of Nepal’s famed Sherpas—when a glacial lake in the ...

In all cases, it’s important to leverage local knowledge and actively involve the affected communities. As the Thame glacial lake flooding incident demonstrated, local knowledge is vital to saving ...

It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...

The Hindu Kush Himalayas holds the world’s largest ice reserves outside the polar regions and extends 3,500 kilometers over Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the People’s Republic of China, India, ...

Climate change and “unsustainable human activities” are driving “unprecedented changes” to mountains and glaciers, a UN report warns.

Revisions to FEMA's flood maps will remove 300 homes in Quincy from the flood zone. The change could save residents a combined $300,000 annually in flood insurance costs. The revised map ...

QUINCY ‒ Revisions to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's flood maps will save hundreds of Quincy property owners money for insurance costs, according to city officials. The new map will ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Property owners will have a chance to appeal the federal government’s new Flood Insurance Rate Maps on Oahu. Over the past five years, FEMA has studied flood risks ...

KINGWOOD, Texas (KTRK) -- Some Kingwood neighbors believe a new Harris County flood map is misleading and are worried about what it could mean for future flood mitigation projects. For Kingwood ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Switzerland midfielder Alvyn Sanches will be sidelined for several months after being hurt less than 30 minutes into his international debut, his club Lausanne-Sport ...

It's unclear how the Trump backlash will affect visitor numbers this spring, but Hawaii tourism leaders say Canadians are on edge. News of the president's executive order came in as public school ...

A flood warning is in effect for multiple communities along the Grand River, including the County of Brant, Brantford and Six Nations of the Grand River. The alert is used when flooding is already ...