The intensity of extreme drought and rainfall has “sharply” increased over the past 20 years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Water. These aren’t merely tough weather ...

More records for both wet and dry weather are being set around the globe, often with disastrous consequences for the people facing such extremes, according to a study published Wednesday that offered ...

The grasses and wild flowers on the future site of Piers Park Phase II on the East Boston waterfront turn brown due to the drought, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Boston. Credit: Michael Dwyer / AP Sign ...

A new study from the WMO titled “From drought to deluge: WMO report highlights increasingly erratic water cycle,” says the water cycle is becoming more unpredictable and extreme. It jumps between ...

Scientists discovered that a week of full submergence is enough to kill most rice plants, making flooding a far greater threat than previously understood. Intensifying extreme rainfall events may ...

EVERETT — Snohomish County and Western Washington experienced record-breaking floods in December 2025, but did the deluge do anything for the drought conditions that have plagued the state for the ...

From severe storms to tornadoes, natural disaster statistics reveal that disasters are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity. Over the past five years, the U.S. has experienced an ...

Atif Aryan/AFP/AFP Next to small bundles of belongings, Maruf waited for a car to take him and his family away from their village in northern Afghanistan, where drought-ridden land had yielded nothing ...

In the Moroccan village of Ouled Salama, 63-year-old farmer Mohamed Reouani waded through his crops, now submerged by floodwaters after days of heavy downpours. Farmers in the North African kingdom ...

By Thomas Mukoya and Monica Mwangi NAIROBI, March 7 (Reuters) - Aid workers pulled bodies from floodwaters across Nairobi on ...