Grist dives into the effects of heavy rains on the aging pipes of Boston and NYC, plus how each city plans to solve the problem.

Outdated and poorly maintained sewage and stormwater systems have led to chronic sewage backups in communities across the ...

Garden State officials have taken action toward managing its increasing volume of stormwater runoff. There's more work still to do.

More From Newsweek Vault: 5 Steps to Build an Emergency Fund Today It's unclear if the disturbance in the Atlantic will continue to strengthen into tropical storm status. AccuWeather ...

Last night’s geomagnetic storm reached G4 levels — the strongest since the historic G5 storm of May 10/11. This collection of photos includes the best of reader submissions, social media ...

Hurricane Milton made landfall in Siesta Key around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9 as a Category 3 storm and brought storm surge and floods to much of Florida's southwest coast, but not to Tampa Bay.

WDSU FIRST WARNING SEVEN-DAY Tropical Storm Leslie formed in the Atlantic Wednesday night becoming the 12th named storm of the 2024 hurricane season.\This storm will also stay far out to sea ...

Leslie is expected to remain over the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean for the time being as it gradually turns west-northwestward over the next couple of days. No impacts to land are expected at ...

Ronzitti said that if the alligator happened to find its way into the system, it's possible that it could be either the sanitary system or storm system. A sanitary sewer connects to the waste ...

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Leslie formed late Wednesday in the eastern Atlantic and could strengthen into a hurricane on Friday, forecasters said. It also was not yet deemed a threat to land.

Before what would become Hurricane Helene could even shoot the Yucatan Channel, meteorologists knew that what was unfolding would be one of the most far-reaching storm surge events on Florida’s ...