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Aug 14, 2013

In Photos: Aftermath of Iceland Volcano Floods

A volcanic flood (Image credit: Copyright All rights reserved by Stuart Dunning Northumbria.)In 2010, Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted, spewing a large plume of ash into the atmosphere, as well as melting part of the icecap on the volcano, sending meltwater gushing down and flooding the surrounding landscape. Stuart Dunning, of...

Aug 14, 2013

Small Volcanic Floods Packed Biggest Punch in Iceland

The volcanic eruptions in Iceland that disrupted travel in 2010 generated floods that now reveal a paradox: Small deluges of water after eruptions may actually change the volcanic island's landscape more than larger ones do, researchers say. And these findings could also apply to the ruddy landscape of Mars. The...

Aug 18, 2013

The 20 Cities Most Vulnerable to Flooding

Researchers have just figured out which cities across the globe face the highest risk from coastal flooding. To do so, they compiled data on 136 coastal cities with more than 1 million residents, looking at the elevation of the cities, the population distribution and the types of flood protection they...

Aug 18, 2013

Coastal Flooding Damage: $1 Trillion a Year by 2050

Coastal flooding in cities around the world could cause damage totaling $1 trillion annually by the year 2050 if no mitigating steps are taken, new research suggests. Almost all cities facing the worst damage are in Asia and North America, the study showed. Three American cities — New York, New...

Aug 20, 2013

Remembering the Johnstown Flood | Wallpaper

This wallpaper shows Johnstown Flood National Memorial in Pennsylvania. The South Fork dam failed on Friday, May 31, 1889 and unleashed 20,000,000 tons of water that devastated Johnstown, Pa. The flood killed 2,209 people but it brought the nation and the world together to aid the Johnstown sufferers. There was...

Aug 26, 2013

Fernand Drifting Over Mexico With Flooding Threat

This article was provided by AccuWeather.com. As Fernand pushes inland over Mexico Monday as a tropical rainstorm, it will bring both beneficial rain and the risk of flash flooding. Fernand took shape in the Bay of Campeche over the weekend and made landfall Sunday night as a tropical storm. The...

Sep 12, 2013

BREAKING: Major Flooding Kills One in Boulder, Colo.

This article was provided by AccuWeather.com. Heavy rain on Wednesday led to significant flooding in the Boulder, Colo., area. Rain began early in the morning on Wednesday and continued throughout the day, becoming heavy in the evening, dumping as much as 1 inch of rain per hour. Torrential downpours brought...

Sep 13, 2013

Colorado Disaster: What Is a 100-Year Flood?

A massive amount of rain has fallen in the region surrounding Boulder, Colo., causing widespread flooding that's killed at least three people and taken out roads and houses, according to news reports. The event has sent 20-foot walls of water rushing down mountainsides, destroying bridges and isolating entire towns, Boulder...

Sep 13, 2013

Colorado Flood Photos: 100-Year Storm

Obvious flood path (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon)Flood waters have been receding along the South Platte River near Greeley, Colo., after the 100-year flooding event in the area in mid-September 2013, but the muddy brown waters could still be seen beyond the normal...

Sep 13, 2013

Experts Predicted Colorado Flash Floods

The torrential rains and walls of water that rushed through stream channels caught many Coloradoans by surprise this week, but disaster scenarios have long foretold the fatal flash floods that tore through Colorado's foothills yesterday and today (Sept. 13). We knew this kind of rain was possible, said Matt Klesch,...

Sep 16, 2013

Cloud Seeding Not to Blame for Colorado Flooding

Colorado's recent massive flooding, which has left hundreds of people unaccounted for, has been called an anomalous 100- or even 1,000-year event by the scientific community. Such floods have a 1 percent and 0.1 percent chance of occurring, respectively, during any given year. While those odds make them rare events,...

Sep 18, 2013

Colorado Floods: What Happens to All That Water?

As flood waters slowly begin to recede from central Colorado, new flood warnings have cropped up downstream in Nebraska. Colorado's South Platte River, which runs northeast from the middle of the state into the southwest corner of Nebraska, has taken the burden of much of the record rainwater that hasn't...

Sep 25, 2013

Colorado Floods Could Spell Disaster for Winter Tourism

This article was provided by AccuWeather.com. After historic flooding swept Colorado, washing out roadways and bridges in Boulder and Larimer counties, the Colorado Department of Transportation is in a race against Mother Nature to reopen major routes in time for winter tourism. Colorado, which spans a great deal of the...

Oct 24, 2013

Images: Mountain Town Cut Off By Flooding

Lyons, Colorado (Image credit: G. R. Brakenridge)The flash floods of September 2012 cut off the mountain town of Lyons for several days. Darmouth Flood Observatory director G.R. Brakenridge lives in Lyons and took pictures during the flooding. The Brakenridges evacuated on Sept. 14, 2013 once the bridge out of town...

Oct 24, 2013

Too Close to Home: Deluge Engulfs Flood Researcher's Town

DENVER — G. Robert Brakenridge has spent his career researching floods. But a lifetime's worth of knowledge didn't make it any easier when his own life was upended by rushing water. Brakenridge, the director of the Dartmouth Flood Observatory and a senior scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, was...