The steps Vienna took to prepare for extreme rainfall may hold lessons for how other cities can face deluges to come.

Northern Nigeria's city of Maiduguri has been hit by devastating flooding. But is it due to government neglect or climate ...

Garbage blocks many drains and waterways in Nairobi, worsening the effects of flooding. Residents are breeding millions of ...

The worst floods to hit central Europe in at least two decades have caused widespread damage from Romania to Poland.

But new research from some of the country’s leading climate adaptation experts, which was published last week in the academic ...

By Barbara Erling WROCLAW, Poland (Reuters) -Flood defences in Poland's third-largest city Wroclaw looked to have held firm ...

Wroclaw's flood defences have held up amidst the worst flooding in central Europe in decades. The city faced significant flood risks from the Polish-Czech border wave, but severe damage was averted.

A weakened but still potent Francine was dumping heavy rain as it moved inland Thursday, transitioning from a hurricane to a ...

Fast population growth has left more people in flood-prone areas of Gulf Coast communities, including Houston and New Orleans ...

Summer storms are generally more frequent, intense and concentrated over cities than over rural areas, according to new, detailed observations of eight cities and their surroundings. The results could ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday stressed the need to update flood hazard maps due to the changes in the volume and flow of floodwater amid heavy rain and the ...

ROME — A wave of violent rainstorms battered northern Italy on Thursday, flooding the financial hub of Milan and raising fears for the life of a man who was swept away on a tractor in the ...