The Minnesota River overflowed its banks on Sept. 24, 2010, after more than 7 inches of rain fell in less than an hour. Emergency managers around the country who may not have the bandwidth or time to ...

New modeling from the U.S. Geological Survey shows nutrient loads in rivers across the nation increased between 2000 and 2020 ...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory relies heavily on Global Positioning System data to monitor volcanic activity in Hawaii ...

Portions of the Permian Basin will be part of a USGS survey set to begin the week of Jan. 12. The U.S. Geological Survey will be conducting low-level flights using airborne geophysical technology to ...

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck in Imperial County on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

All 1,200 scientists and staff at the U.S. Geological Survey’s biological research arm are on edge this week as they wait to learn whether they’ll still have jobs come Monday. For weeks, the ...

Will San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge survive the next magnitude 7.0 or greater earthquake? USGS details new threat the Bay Area could face. "There is only one Golden Gate Bridge and we're going to ...

At least 45% of the nation's tap water could be contaminated with at least one form of PFAS known as "forever chemicals," according to a newly released study by the U.S. Geological Survey. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake in the next 100 years, according to a recently updated ...