Why does 2 inches of rain in an hour sometimes produce a flood, and other times doesn't? It comes down to the way the ground absorbs water, and the science behind it is how we forecast flood risk.

Sudden and intense bursts of extreme rainfall are causing devastation across mountainous parts of South Asia, triggering ...

Dozens of people are feared trapped after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Pakistan has received higher-than-normal monsoon rainfall this year, triggering floods and mudslides that have killed more ...

Record-breaking flash flooding inundated Hazard, Kentucky, in February, devastating homes and infrastructure in the small ...

The flash floods, triggered by a cloudburst, swept through the village of Dharali, a popular tourist destination dotted with hotels and restaurants.

Around 167 people have been rescued so far, some critically injured, by joint teams of army, police, NDRF, SDRF and Border ...

The flooding was triggered by sudden, intense downpours over small areas and experts have said climate change is a ...

Explosives were used to blast giant boulders hampering the ongoing rescue and relief operations in the disaster-hit Chisoti village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on the third day on ...

A massive wall of dust swept through Phoenix, plunging the southwest US city into near-total darkness, grounding flights, ...

Large hailstones, some the size of £1 coins, fell in a 20-minute burst over the city, with some roads also flooded in the ...