Flooding

Gusher from Glen Canyon Dam will restore beaches, fish habitat along Colorado River.

Huge freshwater flood likely happened farther north than previous thought.

Hundreds of sensors are being deployed to track historic flooding expected.

Deforestation could double the number of big floods in snowy regions in North America, a new study suggests.

The flooding follows record monsoon rains.

Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and surrounding areas are the hardest hit.

Early Sunday morning the storm unleashed nearly 10 inches of rain on Okinawa.

Among nine major cities built on river deltas around the world, Shanghai is the most vulnerable to destruction from serious flooding, a study found.

As Ernesto continues to move westward, the weather will go downhill rapidly in Belize and the rest of the Yucatan Peninsula into Tuesday evening.

The flooding follows an unprecedented amount of surface melt.