John Beamer asks if flooding is becoming more frequent in our region and in the U.S. With the help of Climate Central, we explore that in today's "Ask the Meteorologist." ...

Homeowners in Louisiana and Florida face the highest estimated annual losses per person from natural disasters, a new report ...

Parts of New Orleans and its surrounding wetlands are gradually sinking, and while most of the city remains stable, a new ...

The idea here is to create prime habitat, as work proceeds to remake this creek more like it used to be, in an effort to help ...

Barbara Zaborowski simultaneously displayed a black-and-white 19th-Century photo of a Pennsylvania Railroad roundhouse in ...

Most coral reefs do not thrive in nutrient-poor “marine deserts” as once believed, but instead flourish in nutrient-rich ...

Climate change is leading not only to droughts, wildfires, and extreme weather. It’s also leading to oxymorons—at least when ...

MILES CITY - New federal maps identifying the flood hazard here show much more of Miles City is in the 100-year flood plain than do the maps being replaced. The draft maps have three-fourths of ...

The update includes amending Section 8.1.2. of the zoning bylaws (Floodplain District Boundaries) to read: “The FPOD (Floodplain Overlay District) is herein established as an overlay district.

Sometimes you'll hear the phrase "100-year flood." Here's how meteorologists define that term and how to see if you live in a flood plain.

The Brief A "100-year flood" means a 1% chance of that level of flooding happening each year. Houston saw three 500-year flood events within three years from 2015 to 2017, including Hurricane Harvey.