The Great Flood of 1913 caused floodwaters to reach 20 feet high in Dayton, devastating the city and many other communities.

Cedar Rapids has been awarded $25 million in grant money for flood control updates along the Cedar River, specifically ...

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.

The Las Vegas Valley's $1.6 billion flood control system proved its worth during last week's rainstorms. ... We're going to need a lot more good storms in the Rockies to make a meaningful difference." ...

Albert G. Giguere Jr.: Various iterations of a “flood control commission” were created over the last 100-plus years, each was dissolved, only to be resurrected after a major flood occurred.

Once flood control officials have an accurate picture of the ground, ... "There are a lot of implications to that,” said Matt Zeve of the Harris County Flood Control District.

“The park needs to function as a flood control structure first,” he said. This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen ...

Flood-control dams in the San Gabriel Valley Foothills at risk of overflowing 02:21. ... "I live very close to the mountain so in the last month we got a lot of rain," said Arcadia resident Jin Yang.

She noted there was a lot of hostility when Ingalls Hospital expanded in the 1980s, purchasing property in its neighborhood. But the result is a hospital many residents now use, she said.