In the autumn, deadly floods wreaked havoc along an arc from Spain to the Balkans, and from Morocco to Libya. More than 200 people were killed in Valencia in October, not long after a deluge ...

Zeb Smathers thought he’d seen it all. Smathers is the mayor of Canton, N.C., which in 2021 suffered devastating floods that caused six deaths and $300 million in damage. Two years later ...