Extreme rainfall events are associated with an increased risk of death from all causes as well as from heart and lung diseases, finds an analysis of data from 34 countries and regions published by The ...

An international study led by Helmholtz Munich investigates the health consequences of heavy rainfall events. Researchers analyzed the relationship between precipitation patterns and mortality rates ...

The intensity of extreme drought and rainfall has "sharply" increased over the past 20 years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Water. These aren't merely tough weather ...

Flooding events around the world share a common factor of an atmosphere made warmer by climate change. What can be done to help citizens prepare? By Austyn Gaffney and Somini Sengupta Chad. Vietnam.

Extreme rainfall events in Chicago, including two observed this summer, are becoming more common as the climate warms. Very small, localized thunderstorms brought intense rains to parts of Chicago on ...

Scientists use a 3km high-resolution climate model to reveal expanded extreme rainfall from typhoons. Last year, Typhoon Hinnamnor -- which caused 36 fatalities -- gained notoriety as the first super ...

A warming world is transforming some major snowfalls into extreme rain over mountains instead, somehow worsening both dangerous flooding like the type that devastated Pakistan last year as well as ...

Extreme weather events in 2025 inflicted over $122 billion in global damages, with India and Pakistan's devastating monsoon ...

As 2025 comes to an end, a review of official data highlights the grim impact of extreme weather, which claimed at least ...

Oct. 9 (UPI) --A new observational study published Wednesday of more than 100 million deaths from all causes across all six continents over four decades has found a heightened mortality risk among ...