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Parts of New Orleans, including its international airport, are sinking nearly 2 inches per year, according to a new study. Wetlands and parts of the city's levee system are sinking, too.

Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the United States over the past few decades, according to ...

More than 80 people were killed in the disastrous floods that roared through Central Texas on Friday. Dozens, including 10 ...

Yet critical data about this freakish weather hitting America and the rest of the world is about to go offline, at the moment in history that we need it the most. Don’t let the government withhold ...

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