Weather forecasts sometimes warn of storms that can unleash rains so unusual that they are described as 100-year or even ...

Weather forecasters often use terms like "100-year" or "500-year" floods. Here’s what those terms really mean and why these ...

Here’s what to know about how scientists determine how extreme a flood is and how common these extreme events are becoming.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK ... Zoila's home was destroyed during Hurricane Harvey. "When she was trying to cross the street, it was up to her neck," Fabian described. While there have been some ...

6, 2017 after it was flooded by Hurricane Harvey. Credit ... “If there is a major flood in Houston, which there almost certainly will be, and people die, and homes get destroyed, the people ...

Members of the Northeast Action Collective, a group of Houston residents who have all been impacted by flooding, especially during Hurricane Harvey, wore their signature yellow shirts and carried ...

The events included Hurricane Harvey, the heaviest recorded rainfall ... This story has been corrected to show that the three 500-year flood events in Houston took place over three years, not ...

Researchers from the University of Chicago calculated that Houston, Texas, was struck by three 500-year flood events within 24 months from 2015 through 2017. The events included Hurricane Harvey ...