Heavy rains battered northern China on Monday, killing at least two people in Beijing while washing away cars and forcing the capital to issue its highest alerts for flooding and landslides.
Environment
Jul 31, 2023
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Floods and landslides in Sri Lanka could be better predicted by applying weather forecasting techniques currently used in India, a study has found.
Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2023
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Extreme rainfall accompanied by deadly flooding hit the United States and several other countries over the weekend and last week.
Environment
Jul 17, 2023
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Not everything that flows into the sea is waste. "In the past, we've heard that runoff and drainage from land is bad for the ocean. Now we see that it can also be an important resource," says Juan Pardo, Ph.D. student in ...
Ecology
Jul 14, 2023
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At least 50 people, including eight children, have been killed by floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains that have lashed Pakistan since last month, officials said Friday.
Environment
Jul 7, 2023
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A warming world is transforming some major snowfalls into extreme rain over mountains instead, somehow worsening both dangerous flooding like the type that devastated Pakistan last year as well as long-term water shortages, ...
Environment
Jul 1, 2023
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As the world warms, extreme weather events grow—and they also change. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) found that climate change is shifting snowfall to rainfall ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 28, 2023
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Around 200,000 people have been displaced due to flash flooding in central Somalia, a regional official told AFP on Saturday, as the Shabelle River burst its banks and submerged roads.
Environment
May 14, 2023
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Tropical cyclone (TCs) are one of the most destructive types of weather event on Earth, damaging people's lives and their property, local infrastructure, and subsequently causing enormous economic losses. TCs are strong circular ...
Earth Sciences
May 11, 2023
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A study led by researchers at Peking University in China suggests that extreme rainfall will significantly threaten global food production due to climate change and the accompanying extreme weather events.
