Firefighters were on the scene of multiple mudslides in San Jacinto on Thursday that trapped occupants of several vehicles, as a late- winter rainstorm moved through the Inland Empire. The ...

The disaster, which struck around 5pm on Monday, has thrown the community into distress, with residents calling for urgent government intervention. A violent rainstorm has left hundreds of ...

The research offers a fresh perspective on past climate variations and suggests we can learn from past flooding of the lake on ongoing climate change and future water resources in the desert.

That’s largely the case today, but 7,000 years ago the vast desert was an altogether different place: a verdant world of trees and rivers and home to megafauna such as hippos and elephants.

The Lut Desert, or Dasht-e-Lut, is located in the south-east of the country. Between June and October, this arid subtropical area is swept by strong winds, which transport sediment and cause aeolian ...