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Floods have repeatedly reshaped cities, destroyed communities, and caused some of the largest death tolls ever recorded from natural disasters. Exact rankings are difficult to establish because ...

Authorities in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, have prepared to prevent possible secondary disasters, including flash ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Aug. 26 flash floods on the Nepal-China border wiped out or badly damaged 281 megawatts of installed capacity and damaged 388 MW under ...

The catastrophic flood in Nepal and Tibet is a devastating reminder that disasters rarely occur in isolation. A massive collapse of glacial ice, rock and debris high in the Himalayas generated ...

Within the space of a few minutes on August 26, the border crossing between Nepal and China – Rasuwagadhi on the Nepali side and Gyirong on the Chinese – was destroyed by a flash flood caused by a ...

Ancient flood stories may contain more than mythology alone. Their similarities have led researchers toward several intriguing possibilities.