Flash floods resulting from extreme rainfall pose a major risk to people and infrastructure, especially in urban areas.

Alongside shifts in precipitation, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent ... In particular, waterfront parks in urban centers serve as a natural buffer between the body of water and ...

In the Midwest, extreme precipitation events have increased by about 45% in recent decades -- the second-largest regional increase in the U.S., according to the Fifth National Climate Assessment.

Extreme downpours hit the US It is precisely a combination of these conditions that caused the prolonged, extensive precipitation that the Midwest and Southern states saw in early April. The Midwest ...

Using the CN05.1 high-resolution climate dataset and analyzing multiple large-scale circulation factors, the team examined six extreme precipitation indicators to determine trends in EPEs from ...

Flash floods resulting from extreme rainfall pose a major risk to people and infrastructure, especially in urban areas. Higher temperatures due to global climate change affect continuous rainfall and ...