Flooding Inundates More of Bangladesh and India, Stranding Nearly 10M People June 21, 2022 By Ruma Paul and Zarir Hussain DHAKA/GUWAHATI, India – Floodwaters inundated more of Bangladesh and northeast India on Tuesday, officials said, as authorities struggled to reach...
North Carolina Unveils Flood-Warning System for Roads May 27, 2022 The North Carolina Department of Transportation has armed itself with an advanced flood-warning system designed to help pass the word...
Canada Crop Land ‘Deteriorating’ as Heavy Rain Hinders Planting May 19, 2022 By Jen Skerritt Farmers in parts of Canada’s Prairies are struggling to get crops in the ground as heavy rains continue to wallop...
Extreme Weather Threatens Global Wheat Crops – With One Notable Exception May 12, 2022 By Megan Durisin, Kim Chipman, Jen Skerritt and James Poole As Russia’s invasion chokes off Ukrainian wheat exports, pushing up bread and noodle prices, the global harvest faces an added...
Financial Services Firms Face Losses of $225B From Variety of Water Risks: Report May 5, 2022 By Simon Jessop and Tommy Wilkes Financial institutions face losses of at least $225 billion from risks related to water, with a third of them doing...
Floods Drive Economic Losses in 2021, but Only 25% of Risks Are Insured: Swiss Re March 30, 2022 By L.S. Howard More than 50 severe flood events around the world caused combined economic losses of US$82 billion in 2021, while insured...
Trans-Siberian Railway Bridge Resumes Operations After Repair of Flood Damages July 27, 2021 MOSCOW — Russia said on Tuesday it had fully restored train travel over a Trans-Siberian railway bridge in its far...
Flooding Damages Bridge on Russia’s Trans-Siberian Railway, Blocking Traffic July 23, 2021 MOSCOW – Flooding has damaged a bridge on Russia’s Trans-Siberian railway in its Far East, suspending traffic in the area,...
‘Sunny Day’ Floods Will Increasingly Inundate U.S. Coasts as Sea Levels Rise: NOAA July 15, 2021 By Brian K. Sullivan Record high-tide flooding washed over U.S. coasts in the past year, and rising sea levels are expected to send the...
North Carolina Looks to Protect Outer Banks Highway from Storms, Sea Level Rise June 22, 2021 A task force has been formed with the aim of saving the main highway on North Carolina’s Outer Banks from...