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flooding

Once used as trash dumps, Sri Lanka’s wetlands are remade as flood-buffering parks

By Tristan Bove | Climate Change

How an obscure atmospheric phenomenon causes catastrophic flooding in California

By Chad Small | Climate Change

What in the world is weather whiplash?

By Jennifer A. Francis | Climate Change

Climate cesspool: Extreme rain is turning homes into havens for toxic mold

By Michael Gerstein, Jena Brooker | Climate Change

Everything, everywhere, all at once: The great floods of 2023

By | Climate Change

flooded street, kayakers under traffic light

From Montana fires to floods in Vermont: Interview with a climate migrant

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

road closed by flooding

How plants react to climate change could make floods a whole lot worse

By Chad Small | Climate Change

farmers sort citrus fruit in an orchard

The ‘press and pulse’ of climate change strains farmers in Pakistan

By Zafar Imran | Climate Change

lake mead bathtub rings

Wet and dry extremes on the rise, but flash floods no reprieve from long-term drought

By Gabrielle Canon | Climate Change

Gathering storm: The industrial infrastructure catastrophe looming over America’s Gulf coast

By Tristan Baurick | Climate Change, Investigative Reporting, Multimedia

Aerial image of a landslide blocking Allenby Road in the Cowichan Valley

Atmospheric river brings floods, landslides, and maybe, a reckoning

By John Woodside | Climate Change

sunset, waves, ocean

Youth advocate: News reports on climate change often neglect an essential component—the ocean

By Mark Haver | Climate Change, Voices of Tomorrow