Scientists Take on Severe Storms to Study Hail, Costliest Weather Danger June 6, 2025 By Seth Borenstein, Carolyn Kaster and Brittany Peterson As severe storms once again soak, twist and pelt the nation’s midsection, a team of dozens of scientists is driving...
Urban Fires Spark California Firefighter’s Idea to Get Quicker Water for Helicopters May 27, 2025 By Dorany Pineda and Brittany Peterson Mark Whaling and a crew raced up and down a hill in a tanker truck as they battled a wildfire...
How Better Water Systems Can Help a City Survive The Next Firestorm February 24, 2025 By Brittany Peterson Santa Rosa. Paradise. Boulder County. Lahaina. Los Angeles. All are places that have shown that American cities and their water...
Helene’s Flooding a Reminder of Appalachia’s Growing Risk From Violent Storms October 4, 2024 By Michael Phillis and Brittany Peterson HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Helene dumped trillions of gallons of water hundreds of miles inland, devastating communities nestled in...
Study: California’s 2023 Snowy Rescue from Megadrought a Freak Event May 1, 2024 By Brittany Peterson and Seth Borenstein Last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from...
Here’s Why Experts Don’t Think Cloud Seeding Caused Dubai Flooding April 26, 2024 By Seth Borenstein and Brittany Peterson With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched...
Many US Cities Vulnerable to Low Water Pressure Amid Wildfire Dangers October 2, 2023 By Brittany Peterson and Michael Phillis Hours before devastating fires scorched the historic town of Lahaina on Maui, Kyle Ellison labored to save his rental house...
Rising Flood Risks Threaten Many Water and Sewage Treatment Plants August 14, 2023 By Suman Naishadham, Camille Fassett and Brittany Peterson The crack of a summer thunderstorm once comforted people in Ludlow, Vermont. But that was before a storm dropped eight...