Thousands of New Yorkers living in basement apartments without basic safety protections could soon see their homes legalized ...

WASHINGTON — After days of heavy rain and a tornado warning that had much of the DMV on edge, many D.C.-area residents—especially those living in English basements and garden-level apartments—are ...

Two people died Thursday in NYC​ when flash flooding filled basements from Crown Heights, Brooklyn, to Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan.

Aaron Akaberi and Juan Carlos Montoya Hernandez died Thursday as a violent downpour pummeled the city, swamping the five boroughs under nearly two inches of rain within 20 minutes, officials said.

The intense rain storms put a strain on NYC's infrastructure, causing deadly flooding and renewed concerns about basement apartments.

When torrential rain hit Brooklyn, the basement art studio Private Picassos in Clinton Hill became an unintentional test of ...

Recent torrential rains turned many apartment basements into waterlogged 'dead zones,' highlighting vulnerabilities in Hanoi's urban infrastructure. Experts are calling for stronger design standards, ...

At least one person in New York City was killed during Thursday's rainstorm, which caused havoc in various parts of the Tri-State Area.Firefighters responded to a call of someone trapped in a flooded ...

Five of the six apartments where people died were illegal conversions. The deaths of 11 people who lived in basement apartments during New York City's catastrophic flooding this week have renewed ...

When torrential rain hit Brooklyn this fall, the basement-level art studio Private Picassos on Grand Avenue in Clinton Hill became an unintentional test of ...