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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 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.