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Torrential Rain, Thunderstorms Batter Parts of China, Creating Flood Risks

The central Chinese city of Wuhan, epicenter of the new coronavirus pandemic, raised its flood alert level on Monday as torrential rain and thunderstorms battered swathes of the country, including ...

Japanese Firms Rely Largely on Insurance in Plans for Increasing Floods

Japanese companies have contingency plans for the floods that increasingly drench this island nation, but most have done little to fortify facilities, relying instead on insurance and securing ...

U.S. Flood Threats Generally Growing in North, Declining in South

The risk of flooding in the United States is changing regionally, and the reasons could be shifting rainfall patterns and the amount of water in the ground. In a new study, Recent Trends in U.S. ...