As climate threats increase, thousands of communities become at risk of floods and other natural disasters. Americans have witnessed deadly flooding this month in Texas, New Jersey and New York. Here, ...

Underground trains are incredibly susceptible to flooding from climate-driven extreme rain and sea level rise. Cities around the world are racing to adapt their transit systems.

Many of those flood deaths have been in Hill County. It’s part of an area known as Flash Flood Alley, a crescent of land that curves from near Dallas down to San Antonio and then westward. The ...

New York, North Carolina, New Mexico and Texas have all suffered serious flooding this month. Climate change is causing even ...

A stream gauge at Hunt, Texas, captured the speed of the Guadalupe River's rise early on the morning of July 4, 2025. The flash flood killed dozens of people in Texas Hill Country.

Flood expert Hatim Sharif, a hydrologist and civil engineer at the University of Texas at San Antonio, explains what makes this part of the country, known as Flash Flood Alley, so dangerous.