Autumn Vogel / OtherWordsFeb 10, 2019
As a fourth-year medical student, I can’t help but worry about my ability to care for my patients in an age of climate change. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
JEFFREY COLLINS / The Associated PressSep 25, 2018
Nearly two weeks after Florence made landfall 110 miles up the coast, record flooding is expected where five rivers converge in and near Georgetown. An evacuation has been ordered. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
MICHAEL BIESECKER and ALAN SUDERMAN / The Associated PressSep 20, 2018
Duke Energy issues an emergency alert at the retired coal-fired Sutton power plant. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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CHUCK BURTON and MARTHA WAGGONER / The Associated PressSep 19, 2018
As the president helps volunteers at a church in the hard-hit town of New Bern, N.C., that state's governor warns evacuees not to return home because the flooding will get worse in places. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
MICHAEL BIESECKER / The Associated PressSep 18, 2018
More than 5,000 hogs die as North Carolina farms are swamped. In a related development, release of waste pit contents poses an environmental threat. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
CHUCK BURTON / The Associated PressSep 17, 2018
Food and water are delivered to Wilmington, a city of 120,000 mostly cut off from the rest of North Carolina by still-rising floodwaters, as helicopter and boat crews pull people from swamped homes. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Lisa Song and Al Shaw / ProPublicaSep 17, 2018
The storm is pummeling coastal towns where sea levels are rising and where homeowners have been repeatedly bailed out by federal flood insurance. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
CHUCK BURTON / The Associated PressSep 15, 2018
Tens of thousands are ordered evacuated from North Carolina communities as rivers are projected to burst their banks and roads to Wilmington are cut off. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Lisa Song and Patrick Michels / RevealSep 6, 2018
There was a plan to save Cairo, Ill., from flooding. But when the rains came, so did hesitance. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkSep 3, 2018
Waterlogged hillsides are dangerous. For those who live on them, or further downhill, they can be life-threatening. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
AUDREY McAVOY and CALEB JONES / The Associated PressAug 25, 2018
Flooding forced evacuations on some islands but damage appears less than feared, despite historic amounts of rain. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkJul 22, 2018
What will happen to the flow of information when sea levels rise and leave the internet's vital cables and traffic hubs underwater? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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