Countries across the globe have been building in flood-prone areas at an alarming rate, and that’s putting people and property at ever greater risk of inundation, especially as climate change ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. When the Federal Emergency Management Agency spends millions of dollars to help ...

Floods are among the most destructive natural hazards, causing billions of dollars in economic loss each year. By 2050, flood-related losses in the United States are expected to increase by 26%, with ...

CLIMATEWIRE | Many new hospitals, schools, apartment buildings and other structures would be built with extra flood protection under a major revision to an international building code approved Friday.

Study area of Fort Myers Beach, Florida, on Estero Island. High-water marks measured by USGS after Hurricane Ian above and corresponding base flood elevations. The first steps into a house are ...

Researchers at the University of Osaka have developed a deep learning model for rapid building damage assessment after floods using satellite imagery. This research establishes the first systematic ...

One in nine new homes built in England between 2022 and 2024 have been constructed on land at risk from rising water levels, a new report reveals. Analysis shows that of the 396,602 homes built across ...

Sitting on the waterfront at the northern edge of Manhattan, a recently opened athletic facility for Columbia University is likely to flood in the future. Climate change is raising the risk of both ...