Half the world’s 100 largest cities are in high water stress areas, analysis finds

Exclusive: Beijing, Delhi, Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro among worst affected, with demand close to exceeding supply…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/22/half-world-100-largest-cities-in-high-water-stress-areas-analysis-finds

 

Flooding forces hundreds to flee homeless shelter in San Diego

For the third time in seven years, hundreds of people had to flee a homeless shelter in downtown San Diego this week after a heavy storm dropped a month's worth of rain, causing floods...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/04/san-diego-flooding-evacuation-homeless-shelter

 

A Post investigation shows where hidden rivers in the sky are fueling deadly floods - Washington Post

This much is clear: When a stream of vapor from a fast-warming ocean arrives above a community, the consequences can be catastrophic...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/interactive/2025/deadly-flooding-moisture-hotspots-maps/

Powerful storms dump heavy rain and swell rivers across US Pacific north-west

Crews conduct high-water rescues in Washington, and flood watches put in effect along coast down to Oregon…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/pacific-north-west-washington-oregon-storms 

 

Thousands of toxic sites across US face risk of coastal flooding

Study finds rising seas could flood facilities handling waste, sewage, and oil and gas – and coastal states most at risk

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/20/toxic-sites-us-coastal-flooding

 

‘Entire neighborhoods will have to move’: growth collides with rising seas in Charleston

'Entire neighborhoods will have to move': growth collides with rising seas in Charleston…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/09/charleston-rising-seas

 

Trees, homes, roads: how the sea is swallowing coastal villages in the Philippines

The country's coastal communities have long lived with flooding but as climate change accelerates rising sea levels and reclamation projects reshape Manila Bay, residents now see their homes under water more often…

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2025/aug/18/flooding-climate-sea-coast-philippines-hagonoy-manila-bay-tibaguin-pugad-in-pictures

 

Storms drop dangerous, flooding rain from DC to New York, inundating roads and snarling air travel | CNN

Dangerous torrential rainfall and flash flooding are underway in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Thursday with millions at risk along the Interstate 95 corridor. It's shaping up to be another serious flood event in a summer that's been full of them...

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/weather/flash-flooding-mid-atlantic-interstate-95-climate

 

A major cooldown is coming for the US, but flooding could return | CNN

But a dramatic cooldown like this always comes at a cost, and in this case it's rain and thunderstorms with a renewed risk of flash flooding for areas that have already been hit hard during a summer full of it...

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/29/weather/cooldown-pattern-change-heat-climate 

 

Trump denies Maryland’s request for FEMA aid after devastating floods - The Washington Post

"These communities demonstrated a clear need through FEMA's own process, and Maryland will appeal the decision to seek all available resources to support the recovery efforts," Moore said in a statement responding to the denial...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/07/23/maryland-fema-aid-trump/

 

FEMA moved quickly to help Texas. These states are still waiting. - The Washington Post

Oregon, Maryland, Kansas, Missouri, West Virginia, Michigan, Kentucky, Oklahoma, New Mexico, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota and Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California were without critical services such as temporary housing, unemployment assistance, search-and-rescue crews and debris removal because of bureaucratic obstacles at the Department of Homeland Security, according to FEMA staffers, state disaster declaration requests and internal agency data obtained by The Washington Post. 

Then, in a flurry of Truth Social posts Tuesday evening, Trump announced he had signed disaster declarations for Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan and West Virginia, which had all been waiting for answers since the spring, freeing up millions of dollars in federal aid...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/22/fema-disaster-assistance-delays/

Christians Did Not Like My Video on Camp Mystic! 18 Responses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad4KPWE8PgE

 

Flash floods like in Texas, New York becoming more common

Context: Climate change "is supercharging the water cycle," sparking heavier precipitation extremes and related flood risks, according to Climate Central, a climate research group. 

Among 144 U.S. cities analyzed by the group in a report from earlier this year, 88% experienced an increase in hourly rainfall intensity between 1970 and 2024. 

The summer months already provide the weather patterns for higher rainfall rates in some regions, and climate change makes that risk worse...

https://www.axios.com/2025/07/16/flood-rain-climate-change-storms-texas-new-york 

 

Flash floods swamp Northeast US metro areas

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RkaDIUJeR8o

 

Transgender bathroom bill added to Texas flood-relief special session

In addition to considering bills that would restrict hemp products, Abbott has also asked lawmakers to consider legislation "further protecting unborn children and their mothers from the harm of abortion" and legislation "protecting women's privacy in sex-segregated spaces."…

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/transgender-bathroom-bill-added-texas-flood-relief-special-session-rcna218897 

 

‘Ludicrous’: New report on Kristi Noem’s 3-day delay of Texas flood rescue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0IT4UksSUo

 

FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show

The federal government allowed Camp Mystic, the all-girls summer camp along the Guadalupe River, to remove multiple buildings from government flood maps, even though private data suggests the flood threat remained, and was even worse than the government reported, according to documents and data NPR has reviewed...

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/12/nx-s1-5465564/fema-removed-camp-mystic 

Far-right conspiracy theories spread online in aftermath of the Texas floods

Some social media users falsely claimed that the extreme weather was being controlled by the US government…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/texas-floods-conspiracy-theories

 

Where Was God During the Texas Flood? How Religion Twists Disaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT3flWwwS_4

Tropical Depression Chantal brings major flooding to North Carolina - The Washington Post

One woman died, dozens of residents needed to be rescued from rising water, and hundreds of roads were closed as the storm moved over the central part of North Carolina...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/07/tropical-depression-chantal-brings-major-flooding-north-carolina/