Africa is broken. It is being dissected by the famous East African Rift which extends over a length of 5000 km along the eastern side of Africa and seems poised to destroy Africa as we know it.

Experts from the global Earth science community have pieced together what happened during the massive Sikkim flood to try to help others prepare for similar disasters.

Earth is home to some truly bizarre and breathtaking landscapes — here are 20 that look straight out of an alien world.

This surge of water during a spring tide, no less, overwhelmed the Dutch flood defenses at the time. Almost 500 breaches were punched in flood-control dikes, allowing the North Sea to spill into ...

Below Mount Jefferson and McKenzie Pass is a massive storehouse of water three times the size of Lake Mead, say Oregon researchers.

The Flood Watch has been canceled for the entire state. A WIND ADVISORY has replaced the high wind warning that was posted for the summits of Haleakala. The summits of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea ...

A new study has provided compelling new evidence that a huge "megaflood" refilled the Mediterranean Sea around 5 million ...

Therefore, the river could overtop banks again and flood low lying land for both high tides. We expect river levels to remain high over the next few days. Go to the 'River and Sea levels in ...

Issued at 3:42 pm EST on Monday 3 February 2025. The following Watches/Warnings are current: Flood Watch for parts of the Burdekin and Proserpine Catchments Major Flood Warning for the Haughton River ...

The Bureau's flood forecasting and warning service uses rainfall and streamflow observations, numerical weather predictions and hydrologic models to forecast and warn for possible flood events across ...