Floods

At least 25 homes in East Haven were destroyed, one person has died, others are missing and more than half the state is without power after Tropical Storm Irene tore through Connecticut Sunday. East Haven mayor April Capone said that at least 25 homes in...

The St. Tammany Parish Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is calling for a mandatory evacuation of homes near the Pearl River Diversion Canal, which is just east of LA-41, between Locks 1 and 2 on the canal. According a post on the St. Tammany Parish...

Can you believe 2011 went by so quickly? As I looked over the newsroom's ballot for the top local stories of the year, I found myself thinking over and over, “That happened this year?” Now that we have published our full newsroom and...

  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers says it is trying to improve the way it manages the Missouri River’s reservoirs after last year’s historic flooding, but the 2012 plan released Friday doesn’t include any...

Severe weather hit the Houston area Monday, flooding streets and homes and leaving thousands of people without power, emergency officials said. Torrential rain fell across the area, causing flash flooding that left streets and highways impassable and...

 RIVERDALE, N.D. (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers plans to gradually increase water releases from Garrison Dam on the Missouri River in North Dakota over the next several weeks.   The corps says a stable ice cover has been established on the...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The nation's top agriculture official is expected to announce Wednesday more than $300 million in emergency assistance to 33 states and Puerto Rico to help them recover from an unusually intense year for natural disasters across...

  UPDATE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 19TH, 9:15AM Transportation: Oregon State Police: Highway 20 about 24 miles west of Sisters near milepost 76 blocked in both directions due to snow slide - A commercial truck did get blocked in by snow but no reporter damage...

At the end of his famous book “A River Runs Through It” Norman Maclean wrote: “Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of those...

Last year's Missouri River flooding was hard on landowners, but a biologist said the deluge has made for great January fishing in southeastern South Dakota. An unseasonably warm winter is prompting boaters to fish just below the Fort Randall and...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Army Corps of Engineers says it is trying to improve the way it manages the Missouri River's reservoirs after last year's historic flooding, but the 2012 plan released Friday doesn't include any additional flood-storage space. The...

High water damaged 42 of the 130 state parks and recreation areas in South Dakota during 2011, but none of the 40 damaged along the Missouri River is directly eligible for federal emergency assistance for their repair, state Game, Fish and Parks Secretary...