National precipitation forecasting has for decades been hamstrung by static and inadequate climate models, but new tools are ...

Click the downloadable graphic: Extreme Precipitation Change 1958 to 2021 Climate change is bringing heavier rainfall extremes and increased, inequitable flood risk to many parts of the U.S. For every ...

Click the downloadable graphic: Hourly Rainfall Intensity 1970 to 2024 This Climate Matters analysis is based on open-access data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). See ...

A raging flood pulled a family's home of more than 50 years into the Blue Earth River in southern Minnesota this week, as a community watched in horror. The river’s water flow had tripled in three ...

Rainfall is seems to be increasingly erratic around the world. Regions will be subjected to severe droughts that can last months or years, only to then experience extreme rainfall or flooding events.

Higher temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate change turned an ordinary drought into an exceptional one that parched the American West from 2020--22. A study has found that evaporation accounted ...

While the worst of the flooding season is over, this year was a devastating reminder of how vulnerable U.S. communities are to extreme rainfall. Several communities experienced deadly flooding events ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — In the wake of recent catastrophic flooding in central Texas that claimed over 120 lives, many are beginning to examine the broader climate-related trends contributing to these ...

It's no secret that Phoenix is hot, but late summer and the start of fall were scorchers, even by Valley of the Sun standards. Between Sept. 23 and Oct. 14, Phoenix set daily record high temperatures ...