And the days after Hurricane Sandy were unforgettable for many reasons, including the sheer number of New Yorkers directly affected by flooding, fires, subway shutdowns and power failures.

Shane Dan Turner can often be found in New York City subway stations decked out in a black blazer and entertaining straphangers with classics like The Beatles’ “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” and ...

The best way to experience the White Mountains’ Presidential Range is hiking between the Appalachian Mountain Club’s eight historic high-mountain huts. Connecting distances aren’t ridiculous—the ...

The project involves retrofitting Google’s Pixel smartphones to certain subway cars to collect sounds and other data and feed it into Google’s Cloud. The data is then analyzed to spot patterns ...

After hovering off the coast as a Category 2 cyclone and battering a 400-km stretch, Cyclone Alfred weakened into a tropical depression before making landfall on Saturday evening. (Photo: AP) A ...

I feel like I’ve been told that something worse than Hurricane Sandy is hitting us in two weeks and I have ... State and local leaders rushed to close schools, restaurants and the subway system ...

while the Gold Coast's renowned beaches have become steep sandy cliffs after days of relentless erosion. A number of flood warnings are in place across the east coast, with the Bureau of ...

In Money today: the UK economy unexpectedly contracted by 0.1% in January; British travellers won't have to pay for a visa to visit Europe until 2027 at the earliest, it is being reported; a look ...

At least 13 people have died in floods in the Argentine port city of Bahía Blanca. Torrential rain forced more than 1,200 residents to leave their homes and large parts of the city have been left ...

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There are different kinds of flooding, including riverine and flash flooding. The Bureau of Meteorology issues warnings for riverine flooding, but flash flooding is hard to predict and you may ...