Dec 02 Flooding in southeastern India disrupts power, flights By News Desk Chennai, on the coast of southeastern India, was inundated with rain this week, causing massive flooding and suspending trains and flights. Continue reading
Oct 25 After drenching Texas, heavy rain in Patricia’s wake moving east By Rialda Zukic Heavy rains have drenched parts of Texas since Friday causing highways to shut down and a train to derail on Saturday. Now, the storm, which was caused partly by remains of Hurricane Patricia, is expected to head southwest toward Louisiana,… Continue reading
Oct 10 After brief dry spell, rain returns to flooded South Carolina By Rialda Zukic After four dry days, rain has returned to South Carolina, where flooding from Hurricane Joaquin has destroyed homes, vehicles and dams, and caused at least 17 deaths in the state. Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch 6:43 As drought-desperate California sinks, the risk of flood is rising By PBS News Hour California is sinking, and sinking fast. As desperate farmers have turned to drilling to keep their crops green, the removal of groundwater is making the land settle inches lower at a sharp pace. In the Central Valley, that geological drop… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch 2:28 As the death toll rises, South Carolina warns of more flooding to come By PBS News Hour The rain has stopped, but South Carolina's flood disaster is still gripping the state. Some towns are being inundated a second time, as runoff water from upstream heads for the coast. Gov. Nikki Haley warned that even as areas start… Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch 3:02 Historic flooding inundates South Carolina By PBS News Hour More than 16 inches of rain fell near Columbia, South Carolina, on Sunday -- the most rain in one spot, on one day, anywhere in the U.S. in 16 years. Days of nonstop rain have killed nine people and closed… Continue watching
Oct 05 Historic flooding in South Carolina leaves 9 dead, 40,000 without water By Colleen Shalby Historic flooding in South Carolina has left nine people dead. The catastrophic rain has destroyed homes, vehicles, dams and closed more than 500 bridges and roads. Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch 8:35 Are New Orleans’ post-Katrina flood defenses strong enough? By PBS News Hour Ten years ago, the levees and flood walls meant to protect New Orleans failed against the force of Hurricane Katrina. Since the catastrophe, roughly $14 billion have been spent to upgrade the city's storm defenses. But is that sufficient? William… Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch 9:19 Two cities, two very different responses to rising sea levels By PBS News Hour While New York City is taking aggressive action to prevent future catastrophes like Hurricane Sandy, other vulnerable cities, such as Charleston, South Carolina, are not tackling the threat of rising sea level and climate change with the same urgency. Special… Continue watching
Jun 06 Photos: Amazon River overflows into Brazil’s streets By News Desk A branch of the Amazon River called the Rio Solimoes overflowed this week due to heavy rains and flooding, and rose high into the streets of Anama, in the Amazonas state of Brazil, according to Reuters. Continue reading