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Boy dies after being swept into drain pipe during East Coast flooding

Children were playing in a common area when floodwaters swept the boy into the pipe

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2025

Texas bills increasing youth camp safety face long odds, even after Hill Country floods

Competing legislative priorities and an industry that has pushed against certain regulations could challenge a suite of camp safety bills this special legislative session.

The Texas Tribune · Aug 1, 2025

Flash Flood Warning: NY and New Jersey Brace for Torrential Rainfall — Up to 5 Inches Per Hour Possible

New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency as torrential rain threatens to flood roads, disrupt transit, and bring up to 5 inches of rain per hour.

International Business Times UK · Aug 1, 2025

Satellites reveal a hidden lake burst through Greenland Ice Sheet in 2014, causing major flooding and a deep crater

A hidden lake beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet unexpectedly drained more than a decade ago, fracturing the ice surface and forming a large crater — an event only recently uncovered by Earth-observing satellites.

Space · Jul 31, 2025

State of emergency in New York City and New Jersey over rains and flash flooding

A powerful storm system is bringing torrential rain, with forecasters predicting possibility of at least 3in an hour

The Guardian - US · Jul 31, 2025

Cruz introduces weather radio modernization bill with a new focus on flood communications

This comes after Cruz voted in favor of the spending megabill that rescinded funds for NOAA.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 31, 2025

Flames to floods: how Europe’s devastating wildfires are fuelling its next climate crisis

In recent years, I have all too often found myself passing over an active wildfire when flying from London to my family home in Greece during the summer months. The sky glows an eerie, apocalyptic red, and the scent of smoke fills the cabin. Silence falls as we become unwilling…

The Conversation · Jul 31, 2025

Beijing officials say 31 people died in care home during floods

The facility sat on low-lying ground near a river that had flooded after the unusually intense rains.

Euronews · Jul 31, 2025

Beijing officials say 31 older people trapped in a senior center died in floods

Beijing officials say a group of older people trapped in a nursing home that flooded were among the dead in powerful storms that lashed the city and neighboring provinces

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2025

Chinese official makes rare admission of failings over deadly Beijing floods

Local Communist party secretary says there were ‘gaps’ in city’s readiness for extreme weather after at least 40 killed

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2025