High tide floods – when water collects in streets or even seeps into buildings on days without rain – are increasingly common in coastal areas as sea levels rise, a new report warns.
Residents of one Georgia neighborhood are cleaning up homes flooded by tropical weather for the second time in eight years. Tappan Zee Drive is located in suburban Pooler, west of Savannah and about 30 miles from the Atlantic Ocean.
Be aware: NOAA and GEMA say the dangerous storm may bring catastrophic flooding to Coastal Georgia, with rainfall predicted in the range of 10 to 30 inches.
The financial cards are stacked against many renters who survive hurricanes, floods, wildfires and other major weather disasters. The long-term effects can be devastating.
Photojournalist Gideon Mendel has made it his mission to show how ordinary people around the world are affected by the consequences of a changing climate.
Even after storms lose their hurricane status and head far inland, they can still cause dangerous floods. Storms like Beryl pose risks far from the coast, even in Canada.
From a nuclear submarine base in Camden County to a maritime shipping warehouse in Savannah, sea level rise is threatening essential infrastructure up and down the Georgia coast.
Floods from heavy seasonal rains have destroyed over 1,000 houses, the U.N. food agency said. A U.N. official said the floods are a reminder of Afghanistan's vulnerability to the climate crisis.
Human Rights Watch accuses Kenyan authorities of not responding adequately to ongoing floods that have killed more than 170 people since the start of the rainy season.
There are hundreds of U.S. neighborhoods where the population is declining due to flood risk, a new study suggests. Climate change drives flooding from heavy rain and sea level rise.
