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EPA Inspector General report says many at-risk sites—all military facilities—are near population centers and important ecological areas.

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The risk of the catastrophic flooding that struck Texas Hill Country as people slept on July 4 and left at least 120 dead was potentially underestimated by federal authorities, according to an ABC ...

Flash floods last week in Texas caused the Guadalupe River to rise dramatically, reaching three stories high in just two ...

Bridges, structures and land masses that graced the shores of Cape Breton’s waterfronts within living memory now lie ...