In the Great Lakes, NOAA monitors lake, weather and climate conditions, conducts scientific research and safeguards shipwrecks.

Using historical forecasts, reservoir storage and river flow data, scientists found that FIRO, combined with a planned second spillway at New Bullards Bar, could provide additional flood storage ...

The California Department of Water Resources says that this approach, known as the Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations, or ...

The NWS said flooding would be possible in Montana's Flathead, Lake, Lincoln ... The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) describes atmospheric rivers as long, narrow bands ...

A powerful atmospheric river storm is pounding parts of California with torrential rain, strong winds and snow and leading to ...

"Sinkholes are most common in what geologists call, 'karst terrain'," the US Geological Survey explains. "These are regions ...