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On February 4, a storm off the north-west coast of Australia was named Cyclone Freddy. It rapidly strengthened and headed west across the Indian Ocean, eventually causing devastation in eastern Africa. Hundreds of people died, tens of thousands more were displaced, national energy grids were crippled, flash flooding was widespread…

LOS ANGELES — Recent rainstorms in the San Bernardino Mountains brought both reprieve, melting off much of the snow that had stranded some residents for weeks, and restlessness, setting off minor flooding and rockslides.

Record flood levels continue to recede in northwest Queensland, and more government support is on offer as residents begin a mammoth recovery.

Sheriff’s office says ‘conditions were above and beyond what anybody expected’

An extraordinarily active winter season across California has been full of moisture-laden storms that have helped lessen a drought

After the back-to-back named storms last year left billions of dollars in flood losses across Florida, one organization is warning that major reforms are needed to government regulations and flood insurance, especially inland as climate change makes storms wetter and more powerful.

A potential casualty of the powerful rainstorms that drenched coastal California and flooded rivers is hundreds of acres of strawberries

Waltham Forest is planning up to 11,000 new homes in medium to high-risk flood areas

As storms get warmer and wetter, the state's flood control system is struggling to keep up

They looked out from their window and saw that everywhere was flooded - including their car

California’s latest atmospheric rivers are sending rainfall higher into the mountains and onto the state’s crucial snowpack. The rain alone is a problem for low-lying areas already dealing with destructive flooding, but the prospect of rain on the deep mountain snow has triggered widespread flood warnings.