
Why future hurricanes could bring flooding to millions more Americans
Hurricanes are bringing more rain than ever, thanks to climate change, making even Category 1 storms more dangerous.
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Hurricanes are bringing more rain than ever, thanks to climate change, making even Category 1 storms more dangerous.
Tropical Storm Debby is moving through Florida Monday and will then drench parts of Georgia and South Carolina. Residents in Savannah and Tybee Island are bracing for potential flooding. CBS News' Cristian Benavides reports.
More than 150 people are dead and hundreds more feared buried under mud after landslides hit southern India's Kerala state.
On Sunday, thunderstorms caused significant flooding at Dollywood, Dolly Parton's theme park in Tennessee.
Many of those killed by a mudslide in Ethiopia died as they tried to rescue survivors of an earlier slide, authorities said.
One aid agency boss says deadly floods show why "climate-induced disasters in Afghanistan ought to be cause for grave concern," as they're likely to keep killing.
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season got off to a deadly start as Hurricane Beryl tore across the Caribbean, Mexico and eventually the U.S.
Nepalese officials say a landslide swept two buses into a monsoon-swollen river, leaving the vehicles and dozens of people missing.
Beryl made landfall just south of Houston, Texas, as a Category 1 hurricane before weakening into a tropical storm Monday. CBS News Dallas chief meteorologist Scott Padgett breaks down the forecast for North Texas and CBS News San Francisco meteorologist Zoe Mintz has more on what's ahead for Beryl. Also, CBS news' Omar Villafranca and Janet Shamlian report from Galveston and Sugar Land, cities battered by the storm.
The city's police chief estimated that a 50-foot area eroded around the dam, but the dam itself did not fail.
Jamaica's prime minister has declared the island a disaster zone for the next seven days as Hurricane Beryl blows through. Tom Hanson has been monitoring the storm from Montego Bay and has the latest on conditions.
President Biden spoke Tuesday from the Emergency Operations Center in Washington, D.C., where he received a briefing on the extreme weather forecasted across the U.S. Mr. Biden announced new actions to address heat and other weather-related hazards, including federal workplace safety standards.
Heavy flooding has inundated several parts of Minnesota over the past two weeks. However, a vast majority of Minnesotans lack flood insurance, leaving some with extensive property loss and an uncertain future. Tom Hanson reports.
The National Weather Service predicts the river will reach nearly 21 feet before water levels drop. Meanwhile, floodwaters have taken over the area around Harriet Island, where nearly a dozen summertime events have been canceled.
Residents in Waterville, Minnesota, are still waiting to start their cleanup efforts from this week's devastating floods because the water has not yet fully receded. CBS News correspondent Tom Hanson is in Waterville with the latest.
The raging Blue Earth River, which caused an abutment of the 114-year-old Rapidan Dam to partially fail, has now swallowed most of the iconic home that sits on a nearby embankment.
Extreme flooding caused a more-than-100-year-old dam to partially fail this week in Minnesota, and officials say the structure is in "imminent failure condition." CBS News' Tom Hanson is at the dam with the latest.
Some Minnesota homeowners have lost everything in this week's severe flooding and more rain remains in the forecast. Tom Hanson has more.
Images show the banks along a Minnesota dam eroding after historic flooding in the Midwest. Water swept through the area of Mankato, destroying and absorbing a home and a park. CBS News' Tom Hanson reports.
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Residents in Iowa and South Dakota's Big Sioux River Valley are starting to clean up after record-breaking floods re-carved neighborhoods this week. CBS News Minnesota reporter Jonah Kaplan has more from North Sioux City, South Dakota.
Flooding on the Blue Earth River caused an abutment of the Rapidan Dam to partially fail on Monday morning, and it remains in "imminent failure condition."
New aerial images from Tuesday morning show strong water continuing to rush around a dam in southern Minnesota.
Severe flooding is affecting millions of people in the Midwest. In Minnesota, the National Guard has been activated to help against rising waters. CBS News correspondent Tom Hanson has more from Mankato.
Raging flood waters are causing havoc across the Midwest, forcing hospitals and nursing homes to evacuate. Authorities are also keeping a close eye on a Minnesota dam facing an "imminent failure." Meanwhile, a significant heat wave continues for about 60 million Americans. Tom Hanson reports.
European leaders will join Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his crucial meeting with President Trump in Washington on Monday.
Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to deny a quorum are making their way back, each on their own timeline, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said "both sides are going to have to make concessions" to end Russia's war in Ukraine.
Protesters in Israel escalated their ongoing campaign on Sunday to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza.
For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring shrinking glaciers in Washington State. He's been joined by his daughter, artist-scientist Jill Pelto, whose watercolors provide another view of the drastically-changing landscape.
Special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff says Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed to allow the U.S. and Europe to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO's collective defense mandate.
Erin is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year, and meteorologists are closely tracking its path and forecast.
The strike, which began on Saturday morning, stranded more than 100,000 travelers around the world during the peak summer travel season.
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