A landslide of 251,000 tons swept through Dharali, diverted the river, and destroyed nearly 60 percent of its infrastructure ...

For half a century, a federal program has covered most at-risk properties. Now, a private company is pitching a plan to shrink the government’s role. By Scott Dance Reporting from Washington Flood ...

Spinal deformities such as scoliosis and kyphosis are among the most serious complications of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a genetic disorder that affects about one in 3,000 people. These ...

Nearly 29,000 migrants entered the EU via Libya this year — a 15% jump. Now Italy and Greece warn the EU: Russia is using Libya as a weapon to destabilize Europe’s borders. Why Trump hasn’t bombed ...

In a paper in the Journal of Coastal and Riverine Flood Risk, a team from the University of Rhode Island discusses the novel application of Homeland Security exercises to evaluate emergency managers' ...

A team from URI's Coastal Resilience Lab and Graduate School of Oceanography deployed exercises to evaluate storm decision ...

Climate experts have identified an atmospheric configuration that can release huge volumes of water in a matter of minutes.

Real-time data can also be captured by drones during and after flood events. Another technology used is a modeling program called ICM that’s used for large watersheds. It will model underground flow ...