From flooding to destroyed crops, increasingly heavy rains in recent years have been causing chaos. It's also affecting how Montrealers use the St. Lawrence River for recreation. As Phil Carpenter ...

Born into poverty in Marshall County, Kentucky, Joe Fulks became one of the first superstars in the sport of basketball- then ...

Flash flooding in cities throughout the U.S. might just be the new normal but most of this country is still not ready for it, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Mark Gongloff writes.

“If you’re evacuating with a pet, make sure your food, your water, those types of things,” Sheffield told WDAM 7. Sheffield ...

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