Cars are seen piled up on a railway line, Oct. 31, 2024, after flash floods ravaged the town of Alfafar, in Spain's eastern Valencia region.JOSE JORDAN/AFP/Getty While Valencia was left mired in debris and devastation that was sure to take many weeks to clean up, the entire country w...
Devillier Sued Texas For Federal Compensation in Texas's Own Courts Devillier sued in a Texas court.Importantly, he did not seek redress for his federal compensation rights under a statute, but asserted his right to just compensation directly under the U.S. Constitution. He did not (because ...
People evacuate on a surfboard from a neighborhood flooded by heavy rains, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Saturday, May 4, 2024.Carlos Macedo / AP On Saturday evening, residents in the town of Canoas stood up to their shoulders in muddy water and formed a human chain to pu...
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Image: 5 day precipitation point totals from Hurricane Harvey for various cities in Southeast Texas. (NOAA NWS) Map showing 5 day rainfall amounts associated with Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Top amount at 51.88" for Cedar Bayou. Many locations over 40 inches for storm total. ...
The billionaire announced plans Tuesday to move SpaceX’s HQ from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas, a company town being built in the southern part of the state. Musk also said his social media platform X will move from San Francisco...
Blizzard warnings are in effect Monday in parts of New Mexico, eastern Colorado, the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles, western Kansas and southwest Nebraska. Up to a foot of snow could bury parts of the area Monday. Poor visibility and difficult-to-near-impossible driving ...
The National Guard has already been activated in Minnesota to respond to flooding. UPDATE(6/27/2024 @12:40 p.m.): Noem’s Chief of Communications Ian Fury responded Thursday afternoon to the state’s response to flooding and the National Guard. Read the full statement below...
The same storm killed people in England. In 1421, the tenth deadliest flood in the world occurred when storms caused dikes to collapse. Water flowed across the lowlands, killing nearly 10,000. The deadliest natural disaster in American history was the Hurricane of 1900 in Galveston, Texas. ...
The earthquake disaster in Turkey and Syria illustrates the importance of robust and safe buildings. The primary aim must be to save lives. The next step is to reduce losses in such catastrophes. We also need to adapt to handle the consequences of global...