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In the wake of fatal flash flooding that ripped through the Texas Hill Country over Fourth of July weekend, first responders from Mexico are answering the Lone Star State's call for aid.

Warming ocean temperatures and warmer air mean there’s more water vapor in the atmosphere to fuel exteme downpours like those ...

Before 2021, the typically temperate Pacific Northwest and western Canada seemed highly unlikely to get a killer heat wave, ...

Crews are using backhoes and their bare hands to dig through piles of debris that stretch for miles in the search for more ...

We continue to follow the devastation from flash flooding in Texas, where more than 100 people have died and more than 150 ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Three people were killed when monsoon rains triggered flash flooding in a New Mexico village, sending ...

Southeastern North Carolina is no stranger to dangerous floods. The National Weather Service (NWS) is giving advice on how to stay safe this hurricane season.

Two summers ago, in Hawaii, flames blasted by winds upward of 80 miles per hour rolled downslope like an avalanche of fire, ...

If you believe you’ve encountered a scam or suspicious organization claiming to collect flood relief funds, you can file a ...