As the playwright and novelist Louis-Sébastien Mercier noted in the 1780s, wealthy young men would ... propelled by a hunger for novelty and a flood of young, single women entering the workforce ...

The extreme flooding across parts of the South and Midwest was caused by a stalled storm system that hovered over the same ...

Rivers rose and flooding worsened across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already waterlogged and badly ...

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.

Rivers rose and flooding worsened across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already damaged by days of ...

The river hit a peak of 60.79 feet Monday afternoon after multiple days of rainfall caused flooding in the Tri-State area.

April 9 (UPI) --The Ohio River is poised to crest Wednesday evening and could cause one of the 10 worst floods in the city's history after several days of torrential rains. The National Weather ...

The Kentucky River in Owen County is anticipated to crest around 57.0 feet on Tuesday morning, the highest level since the ...

Meanwhile, the Kentucky River near Monterey, about 20 miles from the capital Frankfort, was forecast to crest at 57 feet on Tuesday, well above its 33-foot flood stage. Flood advisories were in ...