Thousands of acres have been burned in Los Angeles, and the burn scars could flood easily should a moisture-laden storm hit.

New research from UC scientists links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere's sponge-like ability to drop and ...

As California oscillates between drought and deluge, wildfires rage due to "hydroclimate whiplash" driven by global warming.

Flooding across Hampton Roads, and the money needed to address it, demands a regional approach, Skip Stiles, senior advisor ...

The California wildfires have been labeled a “total systems collapse,” with Gov. Gavin Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass ...

California has become a vivid example of a global phenomenon known as “hydroclimate whiplash,” which involves sudden and ...

Some Northern CA cities have been soaked with almost twice their average rain, while southern cities are bone-dry. This ...

The country holds nearly half of the world’s known deposits of a metal critical to the energy transition, but digging and ...

California has by law acknowledged beavers, nature's preeminent water and environmental engineers, as partners in ...

The clean up operation has begun after severe flooding saw nearly ... Parts of the region saw more than 80mm (three inches) of rain fall in the last 24 hours. Rivers including the River Tame ...

Andy Reising, manager of the Department of Water Resources' snow surveys and water supply forecasting unit, said the snow ...

For example, by the year 2100, scientists say atmospheric rivers along the Pacific Northwest could increase flooding risks by temporarily raising the heights of ocean waters as much as three times ...