As Epic Snow Melts, a California Community Braces for Floods April 26, 2023 By Amy Taxin Ron Caetano is packed and ready to go. His family photos and valuables are in the trailer and he’s put...
Ruling Exposes Gov’t to More than $1B in Damages Because of Harvey Flooding November 4, 2022 By Jim Sams A federal court last week found the US government liable for $455,000 in damages to six claimants whose homes were...
Water Crisis ‘Couldn’t Be Worse’ on Oregon-California Border May 17, 2021 By Gillian Flaccus PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The water crisis along the California-Oregon border went from dire to catastrophic this week as federal...
Earthquake Risk Prompts Order to Drain California Dam February 27, 2020 SAN JOSE, Calif. — Worried that an earthquake could collapse a big dam south of San Francisco, officials have ordered...
How Draining the Reservoir Can Help Mitigate Flooding February 24, 2020 By Leslie Kaufman Persistent rains have been pounding the Southeast, and a week ago, the Pearl River in Jackson, Mississippi, spilled over its...
Judge: Army Corps Not Responsible for Harvey Flooding Damage February 21, 2020 HOUSTON — A federal judge has ruled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers isn’t liable to damage to thousands of...
Floods Put Mississippi Capital in ‘Precarious Situation’ February 18, 2020 By Rogelio V. Solis and Rebecca Santana JACKSON, Miss. — With the waters in the Pearl River continuing to rise in and around Mississippi’s capital city and...
In Colorado, 24 High-Hazard Dams Are Seen as Problematic November 7, 2019 By Matt Volz Two dozen aging dams in Colorado were in unsatisfactory condition and are located in places where their failure would likely...
Hungary Sludge Flood Metals Company Fined $647M September 15, 2011 Hungarian officials say the metals company whose broken reservoir flooded several towns with toxic red sludge in October, killing 10...