At least 20 people were stranded Saturday evening after floodwaters surrounded a building in Chevy Chase as severe storms swept through the D.C. area, officials said.

This year has seen a seemingly endless string of flash floods across the U.S. The root causes are as diverse as they are ...

According to state records, Texas has failed to spend nearly $225 million in federal disaster mitigation funds over the past ...

The Guadalupe River flood was predictable and preventable. Geography, climate change, population growth and federal cuts all ...

Failing to translate flood forecasts into timely messages that tell people what they need to do to stay safe can have tragic ...

Conspiracy theories tried to “explain” the flooding from Tropical Storm Chantal and other earlier storms. The more outlandish ...

The Commerce Department acting inspector general's office will evaluate the National Weather Service’s actions around the ...

Professional crisis communicators watched the news conferences with dismay. Deflecting blame is not helpful if politicians ...

Two massive disasters this year — the Texas floods and Los Angeles firestorms — are leading some to grapple with the question ...

“If you’ve never seen water rise in front of you in minutes, it’s hard to conceive of how quickly that can happen—and how ...

The U.S. Commerce Department will review if National Weather Service vacancies affected its response to floods in Texas.

The Department of Commerce Office of the Inspector General will investigate staffing shortages at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS) ...