Ever wonder why mountains are often snowcapped or have a halo of clouds encircling their peaks, while their foothills and valleys are dry and clear? Orographic rain shadows are low-precipitation areas ...

For more than 75 years, high-hazard structures in the United States, including dams and nuclear power plants, have been engineered to withstand floods resulting from the most unlikely but possible ...

Highest Rainfall in the World: Mawsynram, a village in Meghalaya, India, holds the title of the wettest place on Earth, receiving an average annual rainfall of 11,872 mm. Its unique location in the ...

There is a lot of talk surrounding tropical systems and how rainfall is even more severe in mountainous terrain. This is because of a phenomenon called orographic lift. Orographic lift occurs when ...