Public outrage over the authorities’ handling of the second-deadliest flood in Europe this century seems set to grow as the region remains engulfed in grief and frustration. European Editor at ...

Even an inch of flood water can cause $25,000 worth of damage, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). But standard homeowners insurance policies don't cover flooding.

Spain will deploy hundreds of troops to Valencia on Friday to help with the response to the deadliest floods to hit the country for decades. About 500 soldiers were expected to arrive in the ...

Meanwhile, flood survivors and volunteers are engaged in the titanic task of clearing an omnipresent layer of dense mud. The storm cut power and water services on Tuesday night but about 85% of ...

The king of Spain was pelted with mud and rocks by a crowd of furious flood survivors as he visited a devastated town in Spain’s Valencia region on Sunday. The unprecedented attack took place as ...

MANILA: Storm Trami hit central Vietnam on Sunday (Oct 27), threatening to trigger heavy rains and dangerous floods after leaving a path of destruction in the Philippines. The Southeast Asian ...

Flood damaged cars are seen outside the Bonaire shopping mall on the outskirts of Valencia, eastern Spain (AFP via Getty Images) The disaster, which has prompted the central government to deploy ...

The king, alongside Queen Letizia, was due to visit another flood-struck area, Chiva - but this was postponed. King Felipe says he understands the anger and frustration of those impacted by the ...

A Trump-era rollback of flood-protection rules has left critical infrastructure projects at higher risk, experts say. By Lisa Friedman In the summer of 2017, Donald Trump stood in the lobby of ...

The federal government’s flood maps, which are used nationwide to signal areas vulnerable to inundation, vastly underestimated the flood risk faced by properties in the parts of North Carolina ...

The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated data and obsolete models. As a result, the U.S. government downplays flood risks for homeowners across the country—but ...

To answer that, it's best to consider what causes floods in the first place. Basically, a flood happens when a large amount of water moves or spreads beyond its normal boundary. An example could ...