Hurricane Helene crossed the Gulf of Mexico at a time when sea surface temperatures were at record highs and then barreled into a region where heavy rains had left the ground saturated. The result was ...

Have you noticed that when it rains it often rains a lot? It's not your imagination. When a weather pattern supports rain, the probability that heavy rain, and in some cases buckets of excessive rain, ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. and WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Rainfall data collected by a network of radars operated by the National Weather Service will be integrated into an application that helps farmers forecast ...

Much of the Mississippi River basin is getting wetter, according to a new analysis of federal data, while rainfall events are becoming more intense. At the same time, the western half of the U.S. is ...

Heavy storms have flooded roads and intersections across California over the last few weeks. The water often isn't coming from overflowing rivers. Instead, rainfall is simply overwhelming the ...

AccuWeather data analysis shows that the rate of intense rainfall has increased over the last couple decades leading to increased potential of extreme flooding in areas prone to high rain events. The ...