With more intense rainfall, rising temperatures and expanding urban areas, drains and sewers are becoming overwhelmed more often, leading to flash floods that disrupt homes, roads and local services.

Some property owners are finding private flood insurance cheaper but consumer advocates eye the private flood market warily.

State and local official say a flood inside an underground West Virginia coal mine has trapped a miner inside, and rescue crews have been pumping water out to get to him.

Drivers will see lane closures on North Marine Drive just east of North Portland Road 8-10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12.

Salt marshes that stretch to the horizon, winding tidal creeks, barrier islands shaped by centuries of shifting sandsall features of the Lowcountry. Sea level

Political analysts say persistent natural disasters could sustain public frustrations and anti-government protests.

A desperate search is underway Sunday for a miner who remains missing after a set of mines flooded in West Virginia over the weekend, officials said.

A report examining the June flooding that killed 13 people in San Antonio was released to the city council on Thursday. It highlights the velocity of floodwaters reaching eight feet per second and more than two feet high in some places.