As extreme weather and flooding events become more intense and frequent due to climate change, improving flood mitigation strategies has never been more critical. The livelihood of downstream ...

Flash floods kill more people than any other weather-related disaster, and they can develop in minutes with little to no warning. Unlike river flooding that builds gradually over days, flash floods ...

ROGERS, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The Beaver Watershed Alliance (BWA) has received a $618,235 grant, partially funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to advance flood assessment, water ...

MODESTO — Throughout the Central Valley, California’s rivers have long been held within their banks by levees and berms, artificially disrupting the natural cycles of flooding and preventing streams ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the blue light before dawn on Sept. 27, Laura Mouser watched the waters of the French Broad River rise higher and higher, ...

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Fresnoland. The land of the Central Valley works hard. Here in the heart of California, in the most productive farming region in the United ...

After years of back and forth, new flood maps with major implications for property owners’ land values, insurance rates and building costs along a watershed stretching from Santa Rosa to Rohnert Park ...