This story was originally published in Amanda Monthei’s Substack. It’s Monday, noon, at an ad-hoc flood response coordination ...

Engineers don’t create floods out of negligence. They do it because preventing all flooding eventually guarantees a catastrophic one. Rivers, storms, and runoff build pressure over time. If that ...

Floodwaters can not only float cars, they can also conceal other hazards. Live power lines and hazardous debris can easily ...