#flooding

#flooding

An estimated 107,500 people died from measles in 2023, most of them under the age of five, according to a new World Health Organization study.

"Our weather is going to turn generally unsettled through tomorrow with low pressure approaching."

One witness described the scene amidst the disruption: "It was like the Titanic - you could hear the water lapping in the corridor."

The weather system moving across the Florida Panhandle has a 40% chance of becoming a tropical depression as it moves west over the Gulf toward southeastern Louisiana.

"The city's sewer system, the stormwater management system that goes through the subway stations, doesn't have the capacity to deal with rainfall in excess of a 1.5 to 1.34 inches," Janno Lieber, MTA chair and CEO, said during a TV interview on Tuesday.

Heavy thunderstorms along the entire East Coast due to the tropical storm system already delayed thousands of flights on Monday, with ground stops issued at nearly a dozen major airports.

Heavy rain inundated parts of New York and New Jersey, causing flash flooding that stranded vehicles, closed subway lines, and led to a state of emergency declaration.

The hottest days people endure have dramatically increased in frequency and severity, and periods of intense rain have also ramped up, data from hundreds of weather stations shows.

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain.

Tropical Storm Barry developed in the Gulf of Mexico on June 29th, becoming the second named storm of the season and arriving unusually early, with significant rains leading to deadly floods.

Cloud seeding is an attempt to make precipitation fall from clouds by injecting a mineral similar to ice, allowing small water droplets to freeze and fall as heavier ice particles.

The Texas flooding in 2025 killed over 100 people, while L.A. wildfires resulted in 30 deaths and destruction of over 15,000 homes and businesses. These events reflect challenges in disaster preparedness for extreme weather.