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NORFOLK, Va. — A drenching, wind-driven rain lashed much of the Atlantic seaboard Thursday, flooding streets, closing schools, roads and bridges...
Patrick McCully | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green
Bad news about climate disasters has been coming so depressingly thick and fast of late that major catastrophes are now going almost unnoticed by the US media.
Ann M. Veneman | Posted 10.10.2009 | World
Earlier this week I returned from a trip to the country, seeing first-hand some of the extensive damage and visiting with victims and relief workers.
Posted 10.05.2009 | Impact
After more than four days of intense rainfall following a severe drought, 280 people have died and several million are homeless due to floods in south...
BBC NEWS | Posted 10.02.2009 | World
At least 125 people have been killed after three days of torrential rains battered the Indian states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, officials say. ...
World Vision | Posted 09.30.2009 | World
"It was like the sea; my father put me in a Styrofoam box and swam me to safety. I felt so cold and I thought I would drown," said seven-year-old Jabez Gonzaga.
American Red Cross | Posted 09.28.2009 | Impact
ATLANTA - The American Red Cross began client casework today as preliminary damage assessment shows that nearly 2,000 homes have been affected by floo...
Posted 09.29.2009 | Impact
Typhoon Ondoy dropped one month's worth of rain on the Philippines in a single day. Flooding in Manila has forced millions out of their homes and resc...
AP | JIM GOMEZ | Posted 09.28.2009 | World
MANILA, Philippines — Many Filipinos tried to rebuild their lives Monday after saving little more than the clothes they wore in a tropical storm...
Lori Pottinger | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green
Healthy rivers are important for so many reasons, and climate change will only make their gifts that much more important. We need to convince hydropower advocates of the destructiveness of dams.
AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 09.22.2009 | Home
ATLANTA — Surging floodwaters ripped apart a west Georgia trailer home, drowning a 2-year-old boy swept from his father's arms. In Atlanta, stra...
AP | PETER ENAV | Posted 09.10.2009 | World
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A mudslide touched off by a deadly typhoon buried a remote mountain village in Taiwan, leaving at least 400 people unaccounted ...
nydailynews.com | Pete Donohue | Posted 08.02.2009 | New York
The MTA finishes millions of dollars in projects that have prevented flooding and kept commuters from experiencing delays from flooding despite the se...
The Guardian | Suzanne Goldenberg, US Environment Correspondent | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green
Between 10,000 and 13,500 square kilometers of coastal lands will drown due to rising sea levels and subsidence by 2100, a far greater loss than previ...
Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green
Rahall has turned his back on the mountains and mountaineers while more than 3.5 million pounds of ammonium nitrate/fuel oil explosives have ripped across the wilderness of his state every day.
Nilopar Uddin | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living
The raging floodwaters which have submerged the wells across the country have made the water undrinkable. However, some people have became so desperately thirsty that they have resorted to drinking the floodwater and are suffering from diarrhea and dysentery.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green
Mountaintop removal is an immoral crime against nature and our citizenry, a human rights violation and it must be abolished, not regulated.
AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 06.06.2009 | Home
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — More than 100 homes and businesses were damaged in the South by strong winds, heavy rains and golf ball-sized hail Wednesday,...
AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 02.07.2009 | Home
SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Rain and high winds lashed Washington state Wednesday, causing widespread avalanches, mudslides, flooding and road closures ...
BBC NEWS | Posted 01.01.2009 | World
Venice has been hit by the biggest flood in more than 20 years, with waters rising 1.56m (5ft) above normal. Many of Venice's streets, including the ...
AP | RICARDO MORAES | Posted 12.27.2008 | World
NAVEGANTES, Brazil — Hungry flood survivors looted supermarkets and emergency crews tried to get aid to nearly 80,000 people driven from their h...
Stefanie Michaels | Posted 12.01.2008 | Green
The Caribbean, known for its crystal blue waters, powdery sand beaches with colors ranging from coco to pink and all the shades in between, is a haven...
Arthur Fournier | Posted 11.03.2008 | Living
After reports of devastating floods in Haiti, Americans opened their hearts to flood victims. Dignitaries and celebrities visited and international relief agencies ministered emergency aid.
Debra Shore | Posted 10.16.2008 | Chicago
Why was there so much flooding in streets and homes this weekend? Simply put, the water had nowhere else to go.
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.13.2008 | Home
"The tide is higher then it was for Hurricane Rita and when the wind blows from the south more water will follow. One hundred thousand people in Terrebonne Parish could flood. It looks like Niagra Falls. Please leave."
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AP | STEVE SZKOTAK | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green