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Can Appalachia Be Saved? Or Will ‘Worse and Worse’ Flooding Wash it Away?

Kentucky’s historic floods, amid rising extreme weather in the U.S., have fueled fears in one of America’s most vulnerable regions. Poverty, dispersed housing in remote valleys and strip-mined mountains that accelerate floods make climate adaptation an extreme challenge.

By Chris Kenning, Connor Giffin and James Bruggers

After Unprecedented Heatwaves,  Monsoon Rains and the Worst Floods in Over a Century Devastate South Asia

By Zoha Tunio

The Riverkeeper’s Quest to Protect the Delaware River Watershed as the Rains Fall and Sea Level Rises

By Daelin Brown

FEMA Knows a Lot About Climate-Driven Flooding. But It’s Not Pushing Homeowners Hard Enough to Buy Insurance

By James Bruggers

Honolulu Sues Petroleum Companies For Climate Change Damages to City

By David Hasemyer

South Carolina Has No Overall Plan to Fight Climate Change

By Sammy Fretwell, The State

After Deadly Floods, West Virginia Created a Resiliency Office. It’s Barely Functioning.

By Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource and West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Wildfires, Climate Policies Start to Shift Corporate Views on Risk

By LESLIE HOOK, FINANCIAL TIMES

Atmospheric Rivers Fuel Most Western U.S. Flooding. Climate Change Will Make Them Worse.

By Bob Berwyn

Midwest Flooding Exposes Another Oil Pipeline Risk — on Keystone XL’s Route

By Neela Banerjee

Not Trusting FEMA’s Flood Maps, More Storm-Ravaged Cities Set Tougher Rules

By James Bruggers

U.S. Coastal Flooding Breaks Records as Sea Level Rises, NOAA Report Shows

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Superstorm Delivers Wake-Up Call for Florida

By Lisa Song

Flooding Forces a Rethink on Farming

By Robert Krier, InsideClimate News

Destroying Earth's Forests Carries Many Costs

By Lester R. Brown