In the wake of last week’s Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, a Post analysis found the number of U.S. freshwater ...

It’s not just Texas and North Carolina. Intense rain is falling more frequently in many areas of the U.S. — though where it ...

ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith explains the weather pattern that led to the catastrophic flooding event in central Texas ...

A large increase in atmospheric methane between 2020 and 2022 raised concerns that tropical wetland emissions had surged in ...

Radar data can estimate rainfall to a fairly accurate amount. The rain data in the case of the deadly tragedy that unfolded ...

Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow regions of water vapor in the atmosphere, like a river in the sky. These systems gather ...

A daily mismatch between temperature and humidity, observed in certain mountain and waterside regions, helps regulate ...

A warmer atmosphere expands and has more room to hold more moisture. This means precipitating systems like thunderstorms and landfalling tropical systems will produce more extreme and damaging ...

When an atmospheric river arrives, the rain can’t soak in, creating dangerous runoff and flash floods. This water scours the land, stripping away nutrients and eroding hillsides.