Atmospheric rivers are storms akin to rivers in the sky that dump massive amounts of rain and can cause flooding, trigger ...

But despite their labels, these floods can—and increasingly do—occur far more frequently than their names imply, due in part to climate change altering weather patterns worldwide. The terms ...

A Flood Watch means that flooding could develop due to heavy rainfall, snowmelt, or other conditions. It does not mean flooding is occurring, but it signals that conditions are favorable for it.

Sometimes you'll hear the phrase "100-year flood." Here's how meteorologists define that term and how to see if you live in a flood plain.

In 2024, at least 166 Americans were killed by flooding. The damage flooding does is equally severe. In 2023, a U.S. Senate committee estimated that flooding causes more than $180 billion in damage ...