An oceanographer explains how climate change, warming oceans and a souped-up atmosphere are creating conditions for deadly floods.

Thunderstorms slammed into Ruidoso once again Thursday afternoon, leading to additional flash flooding as residents continue to dig out from last ...

The flood warning comes as h eavy rain has battered parts of the U.S. throughout the first half of July. Over the ...

Flood warnings have been issued for Kansas and Missouri as Tomahawk and Brush Creeks rise in water levels. This live blog is now closed.

New York City’s subway system is mainly known for moving millions of riders every day and scaring the U.S. transportation ...

Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from ...

North Carolina can seek federal funding to help its overloaded response efforts to Tropical Storm Chantal, which killed at least six people and left damage from flooding in ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 10,000 employees over five years, echoing a Border Patrol expansion in the 2000s. Pressure to increase hiring can lead to lowered hiring ...

Evaristo Vega’s next step is to get his wife’s body out of the Clark County Coroner’s Office for a burial. The problem is he can’t cross the border.

The Senate passed about $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting; the Justice Department fired prosecutor Maurene Comey; there were new Israel ...

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we learn why the City of Toronto thinks spending $1.4 billion to renaturalize ...

Known for his record-breaking jumps, Felix Baumgartner skydived from Earth's stratosphere 24 miles above the New Mexico desert, reaching a speed of 834 mph and breaking the sound barrier.