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"It becomes the heart of the community." Officials debate options after historic building suffers extensive hurricane damage: ...
Mountain storms can change quickly. Here's a breakdown of the weather event that caused tragedy over the weekend.
Despite the known dangers of storm surge, current building codes have a critical weakness. “There’s building codes if you’re in a storm surge zone. There’s building code for wind.
Hurricane Helene’s 14-foot storm surge topped the building’s roof. With seven miles to the next closest corner store and 20 more to the supermarket, the town lost a key fixture.
Hernando County will hold a public hearing on July 8 regarding an appeal against a notice of an unsafe building.
If you're worried about flooding this hurricane season, here are some ways to harden your home with flooding and climate change in mind.
Katrina’s in Mississippi was even higher, at a staggering 28 feet, roughly the height of a 3-story building. Even that is dwarfed by the highest storm surge ever recorded, in northeastern Australia.
New research reveals that sections of New Orleans' $15 billion flood control system are subsiding faster than sea levels are ...
Storm surge threatens southeast Louisiana. See what it looks like at 3, 6, and 9 feet, and how a levee system hopes to reduce, not prevent, the damage.