May 13 2011

China’s Yangtze River Running Dry

A mix of weather patterns across the country have left the east coast high and dry as the south struggles with flooding.

May 10 2011

Mississippi Swells Over Homes, Roads

Tag: Coast Guard,Disasters and Accidents,Floods,Rivers,TornadoesDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 3:08 pm
Levees and natural bluffs have protected most of Memphis from serious flooding but other areas are submerged.

Apr 29 2011

Storm Devastation Stuns as Death Toll Climbs

Tag: Casualties,Disasters and Accidents,Floods,Storms,TornadoesDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 3:57 pm
Tornadoes claimed the lives of at least 313 people -- the deadliest tornado tragedy to strike the United States since 1974.

Apr 28 2011

Storms Rip Through South, Killing Over 280

Tag: Death and Dying,Disaster Recovery,Floods,Lightning,Storms,TornadoesDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 9:00 pm
Deadly tornadoes left a trail of destruction and death through U.S. southern states.

Apr 21 2011

Hundreds of Islands New to Science

Tag: Floods,Hurricanes,Oceanography,WaterTim Wall @ 9:14 pm
A whopping 657 new barrier islands have been identified, some in locations never thought possible.

Mar 19 2011

No Link Between ‘Super Moon’ and Earthquakes

Tag: Earthquakes,Floods,Natural Disasters,Oceans,The Moon,USGS,Volcanic EruptionsDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 2:50 am
The 'maximal perigee' tonight has only a minimal effect on seismic activity and cannot be linked with last week's earthquakes in Japan.

Mar 18 2011

Forecasters: Another Dangerous Spring

Tag: Drought,Floods,Meteorology,Spring,WeatherJohn D. Cox @ 12:57 pm
The weather service predicts threats of high water from Montana to Maine, Minnesota to Missouri and down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

Mar 11 2011

Massive Quake Unleashes Tsunami on Japan

Tag: Earthquakes,Floods,Pacific Ocean,Tsunami,USGSDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 9:00 pm
The disaster has claimed hundreds of lives and the extent of the damage has yet to be fully assessed.

Mar 11 2011

Why Surfing A Tsunami Wave Won’t Work

If mash of whitewater going 500 mph tempts the surfer in you - here's 3 reasons that make a tsunami wave a dangerous wall of water.

Feb 18 2011

Watch Out For Spring Floods

Tag: Floods,Meteorology,Natural Disasters,Rivers,Weather,WinterJohn D. Cox @ 7:21 pm
Another year of major spring flooding is on its way to the upper Midwest.

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