GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Officials are in the process of protecting natural floodplains across Mesa County. Protecting the natural floodplain in Mesa County has important implications that can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the blue light before dawn on Sept. 27, Laura Mouser watched the waters of the French Broad River rise higher and higher, ...

Restored floodplains absorb and hold water, building resilience to climate change in Western NC. Floodplains along the French Broad River naturally soak up stormwater and provide a home for wildlife.

As extreme weather and flooding events become more intense and frequent due to climate change, improving flood mitigation strategies has never been more critical. The livelihood of downstream ...

A new study co-authored by the University of Lincoln, U.K., reveals that competitive funding schemes designed to support nature-based solutions (NbS) for flood management may be unintentionally ...

Every year, vast stretches of land across every inhabited continent are swallowed by floodwaters. Rivers burst their banks, plains disappear under shallow lakes, and forests become mazes of submerged ...

Half of all residential development on flood-prone land in the U.S. over the past two decades has been built in Florida. From 2001 to 2019, more than 2 million acres of floodplains in the U.S. have ...