Floods

Flood, Evacuate, Rinse, Repeat: A Relentless Pattern Batters Australia

WINDSOR, Australia — Emma Winley pointed to the markings on the outside of her house, recording the levels of the three floods that have hit in the past 16 months. In March of last year, the water came up to her knees. In March of this year, it nearly reached her shoulders. Still rebuilding after […]

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Extreme Weather Challenges Bikepackers on the Tour Divide Race

Kevin Latta pushed his bike forward, following the Bull River down a ridge in the Canadian Rockies. The tire tracks from riders ahead of him had disappeared. He searched for a shallow place to cross. But after just one step, the swollen river swept Latta and his bike downstream. Gripping the bike in one hand, […]

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Bangladesh Floods Cause Death and Destruction in Sylhet

PEKERKHAL, Bangladesh — Rohima Begum was cooking breakfast last week when the floodwaters flowed into her tin-and-bamboo home and began racing across the floor. Ms. Begum, her three children and her mother made a quick escape in a small boat. When they looked back, the house and their possessions had been swept away. “I’m having […]

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Photos of Flooding Damage in Yellowstone

Yellowstone National Park employees led 10,000 visitors to safety this week as storms washed away roads and bridges, while nearby residents escaped as their homes were battered by mudslides and flooding brought on by record rainfall and melting snow. In Billings, a southern Montana city home to nearly 120,000 people, officials asked residents to conserve […]

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Abbott Baby Formula Plant Again Stops Production, This Time Because of Flooding

A baby formula plant in Sturgis, Mich., which resumed production less than two weeks ago after a monthslong closure that exacerbated a nationwide shortage, has again shut down after parts of the facility were flooded during a severe storm. The company that operates the plant, Abbott Nutrition, said on Wednesday that it was forced to […]

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Yellowstone Park, Staggered by Rain and Floods, Will Stay Closed for Days

Ms. Darr, 43, said that she was thinking about commuting to nearby towns where she could take up her former profession as a nurse. Her husband, she added, operated heavy equipment, and hoped that he might be able to earn some money assisting with recovery efforts. Anna Holloway, 45, runs a bookstore and cafe in […]

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In South Asia, Climate Change Worries Take On Fresh Urgency

FATEHGARH-SAHIB, India — When the unseasonably heavy rains flooded the fields, and then the equally unseasonable heat shriveled the seeds, it didn’t just slash Ranjit Singh’s wheat harvest by nearly half. It put him, and nearly all the other households in his village in northern India, that much further from financial stability in a country […]

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Ukrainians Flood Village of Demydiv to Keep Russians at Bay

The waters that poured into Demydiv were one of many instances of Ukraine wreaking havoc on its own territory to slow Russia’s advance. Residents couldn’t be happier. “We saved Kyiv,” one said. April 27, 2022 DEMYDIV, Ukraine — They pull up soggy linoleum from their floors, and fish potatoes and jars of pickles from submerged […]

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