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 ...

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 ...

Often, new infrastructure is designed using historical data, such as past high-water marks and storm intensity, to determine future flood risk. However, climate change is moving those baselines.

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 ...

The NWS Newport/Morehead City NC released a flood advisory at 3:01 p.m. on Monday in effect until 6 p.m. for Carteret and ...

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 ...

The articles highlight Florida's heightened flood risks. They discuss modernization efforts and policy changes to combat water issues.

The back-to-back 100-year floods that swept through the North Country after ravaging Vermont might raise your concern about how New Hampshire’s aging flood-control dams are coping as extreme ...

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.