Experts say the “bayou city” is so vulnerable to floods — not only because it is low-lying — because explosive growth in the metro area has added 25 percent more pavement in the last 15 years, replacing soil-rich wetlands that could absorb water with concrete suburbia.

Harvey’s drenching rains are moving east after days over the Houston area. Which means that in America’s fourth-largest city, floodwaters have begun to creep down—offering a first look at the storm’s real legacy of destruction.

All regions of Puerto Rico battled floodwaters as Hurricane Maria regained “major hurricane status” off the coast of the Dominican Republic.

Two residents from St. Martin island's two nations, the French St. Martin and the Dutch St. Maarten, describe Hurricane Irma’s destruction during a direrct hit to the island in September, 2017.

Millions of people who evacuated before Hurricane Irma are starting to go home. Crews are bringing aid, but the recovery effort will take weeks or even month...

Millions of people are facing a long, difficult road to recovery after Irma’s week-long deadly rampage through the Caribbean and southeastern United States.

This video is a compilation of images depicting the devastation resulting from Hurricane Sandy in the North East of the United States. In particular it includes the destruction of towns and villages in the States of New Jersey and New York. The flooding of tunnels and subways in one of the most po...

Video taken at 6.30 25th August 2011 in Nassau Bahamas. The hurricane at that stage was 2 hours from passing Nassau.

Aerial helicopter footage taken by Brandon Clement of WxChasing / LSM Aerial on Sept. 3, showed the vast destruction left by Hurricane Dorian in the islands of Abaco, Bahamas.

The Sanibel Causeway was destroyed by the Ian hurricane storm, cutting off access to the barrier island on Florida on September 28, 2022.