HOUSTON — Flooding in Houston can happen fast, sometimes with just a few inches of rain. But a free tool from the Harris ...

Official floodplain maps are either out of date or inaccurate, and they fail to account for the changing climate. Our flood management infrastructure, meanwhile, is aging: Most of California’s ...

Citing governance concerns and financial uncertainty, Valley Water is reconsidering its participation in a regional effort to improve flood control around the San Francisquito Creek in Palo Alto ...

Nestled along channels forking off the Armand Bayou, the Brookglen subdivision in La Porte is one of many neighborhoods in the Houston area that often flood.

After recent flooding tragedies in Texas, New Mexico and North Carolina, St. Johns River Water Management District officials ...

When enough water enters a river, agencies and the state will utilize bypasses as a flood-control method. A bypass is essentially an area used to alleviate a main water channel and act as a second ...

Water and flood control officials were in tune with the lyrics of Paul McCartney's song Monday after the $1.6 billion system proved its worth during last week's rainstorms.

It’s time to plan ahead and use the flood-control dams built around Los Angeles last century differently. Cary Adams, North Hollywood.. To the editor: “Entombing” the Los Angeles River ...