A "100-year flood" means a 1% chance of that level of flooding happening each year. Houston saw three 500-year flood events within three years from 2015 to 2017, including Hurricane Harvey.

With the potential for once-in-a-lifetime rainfall and widespread impacts, historic flash flooding is increasingly likely across parts of the nation through Saturday, fueled by repeated rounds of ...

Flood alerts and warnings have been issued across a stretch of coast by the Environment Agency. Five places in Norfolk have been given flood warnings due to expected high tides. The Environment ...

Ipswich Boonah Road - Closed between Flinders Dolomite Road and Washpool Road Gap Creek Road - Closed between Kookaburra Street and Highwood Road at Kenmore Hills/ Mount Coot-Tha in both ...

Intense thunderstorms on top of heavy rain since Wednesday dumped more than a foot of rain on the region and triggered rare flash flood emergencies and flooding that began on Thursday afternoon.

In Harlingen, officials said their city received more than 21 inches (53 centimeters) of rain this week, with the heaviest rainfall on Thursday causing severe flooding that had authorities ...

Torrential rain inundated South Texas over several days. At least three people have died after heavy rain brought record-breaking flooding to South Texas, according to officials. The deaths ...

Major flood warnings are still in place in parts of Queensland as "widespread" heavy rain smashes the state. Flood waters over Toompine Road in the Quilpie area. Photo: Lauran Gilligan Up to 100mm ...

Communities across the Australian state of Queensland are bracing for more rain after record-breaking floods cut off roads and inundated vast areas of the region’s outback. Several areas in ...

As parts of the country experience severe thunderstorms and persistent rainfall, heavy downpours have caused mass flooding in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. Middelburg CPF chair Juanitha Groenewald urged ...

Severe storms dumped about half a year’s rainfall in two days, leading to flash floods across both sides of the border. By John Yoon Severe flooding swept South Texas and cities across the ...

By Hank Sanders and Annie Correal At least four people died and hundreds of others were rescued in flooding in South Texas and Mexico after more than 20 inches of rain fell near the border on ...