Between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea became a basin of desolation, cut off from the global ocean during what is known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC). This period saw ...

Scientists confirm a massive flood rapidly refilled the Mediterranean, drastically reshaping landscapes and altering ...

Throughout history, floods have wreaked havoc globally, causing immense destruction and loss of life. This article details the six deadliest floods, ranging from the 1931 China floods to the 1970 ...

Some of the largest floods in earth history drained through the Columbia River during Pleistocene glacial periods (Baker, 2009). These events are known as the Missoula Floods or the Scabland Floods.

13, 2016. -- The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo Almost a year has passed since one of the largest floods in Maui County’s history destroyed homes, properties and swept up entire landmasses in ...

This past summer, the towns of Woodbury, Southbury, Oxford, and the neighboring communities were impacted by “the largest flood in town history.” As a life-long Woodbury resident, I had never ...

but the sheer amount and intensity of water that fell across the Las Vegas Valley this past weekend could rank up there with some of the biggest floods in Southern Nevada history. The storms that ...

Flood flows on South Island's Buller River this month were the largest in New Zealand in almost 100 years, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) announced on Thursday.